Authors beware! The rise of the predatory publisher

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 666-668

  Cartwright, Victoria A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; AUTHOR; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PEER REVIEW; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLICATION; ANIMAL; ETHICS; PUBLISHING; STANDARDS; WRITING;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ANIMALS; AUTHORSHIP; HUMANS; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; PUBLISHING;

EID: 84994817730     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: 14429071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ceo.12836     Document Type: Editorial

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