ResearchGate is no longer reliable: Leniency towards ghost journals may decrease its impact on the scientific community

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 66, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 1643-1647

  Memon, Aamir Raoof ^a  

^a People s University of Medical and Health Sciences for Women   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Ethics in publishing; Impact factor; Journal; Open access publishing; Research misconduct

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ETHICS; FIELD STUDY; HALF LIFE TIME; HUMAN; MARKET; OPEN ACCESS PUBLISHING; PUBLISHING; SCIENTIFIC MISCONDUCT; SCIENTIST; SOCIAL NETWORK; VISIBILITY; WRITING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; PUBLICATION; STANDARDS;

COMMUNICATION; JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; PUBLISHING; WRITING;

EID: 84995642130     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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