Protecting Authors from Predatory Journals and Publishers

Publishing Research Quarterly

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 281-285

  Al Khatib, Aceil ^a  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Article processing charges; Exploitation; Fake peer review; Global effort; Lack of protective measures

Indexed keywords

EID: 84994908522     PISSN: 10538801     EISSN: 19364792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12109-016-9474-3     Document Type: Article

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