A new challenge in the academic world: Earning real money and eminence by paper publishing

Jordan Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 73-75

  Dadkhah, Mehdi ^a   Elias, Nelson ^b   Jazi, Mohammad Davarpanah ^a   Christova Bagdassarian, Valentina ^c   Abu Elteen, Khaled H ^d  

^a Foulad Institute of Technology   (Iran)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c National Center of Public Health Protection Bulgaria   (Bulgaria)

^d HASHEMITE UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Academic world; Bogus impact factors; Fake conferences; Hijacked journal; Social engineering

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930584932     PISSN: 19956673     EISSN: 23077166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12816/0027564     Document Type: Editorial

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