Predatory journals and the breakdown of research cultures

Information Development

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 473-476

  Beall, Jeffrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

peer review; predatory conferences; predatory publishers; publishing ethics; research; scholarly communication; science

Indexed keywords

EID: 84943547439     PISSN: 02666669     EISSN: 17416469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0266666915601421     Document Type: Article

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