The false academy: predatory publishing in science and bioethics

Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 163-170

  Eriksson, Stefan ^a   Helgesson, Gert ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bioethics; Peer review; Predatory publishing; Publication ethics

Indexed keywords

BIOETHICS; HUMAN; PUBLISHING;

BIOETHICS; HUMANS; PUBLISHING;

EID: 84990996878     PISSN: 13867423     EISSN: 15728633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11019-016-9740-3     Document Type: Article

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