Fake Journals: Their Features and Some Viable Ways to Distinguishing Them

Science and Engineering Ethics

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 821-824

  Hemmat Esfe, Mohammad ^a   Wongwises, Somchai ^b   Asadi, Amin ^c   Akbari, Mohammad ^d  

^a SEMNAN UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b KING MONGKUT'S UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY THONBURI   (Thailand)

^c ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^d ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Ethic; Fake journal; Open access; Publication techniques

Indexed keywords

DECEPTION; HUMAN; PEER REVIEW; PUBLICATION; PUBLISHING; SCIENCE;

DECEPTION; HUMANS; PEER REVIEW, RESEARCH; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; PUBLISHING; SCIENCE;

EID: 84938244114     PISSN: 13533452     EISSN: 14715546     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11948-014-9595-z     Document Type: Article

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