To publish and perish: A Faustian bargain or a Hobson’s choice

Medical Journal Armed Forces India

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 168-171

  Cariappa, M P ^a   Dalal, S S ^a   Chatterjee, Kaushik ^a  

^a ARMED FORCES MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Eligibility qualification; Medical teachership; Predatory publishing

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDIA; INTERNET; PEER REVIEW; PUBLISHING; TEACHER;

EID: 84983437572     PISSN: 03771237     EISSN: 22134743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mjafi.2016.03.005     Document Type: Review

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