Firm action needed on predatory journals

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 350, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Clark, Jocalyn ^a,b   Smith, Richard ^a,c  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c Patients Know Best   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AWARENESS; COST; DOCUMENTATION; E-MAIL; EDITORIAL; FEE; FINANCE; INDIA; NIGERIA; PAKISTAN; PREDATORY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; PUBLISHING; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SCIENTIFIC MISCONDUCT; SCIENTIST; SOCIOECONOMICS; ETHICS; MEDICAL ETHICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STANDARDS;

EDITORIAL POLICIES; ETHICS, PROFESSIONAL; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY;

EID: 84921713876     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.h210     Document Type: Editorial

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