ResearchGate and impact factor: A step further on predatory journals

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 148-149

  Memon, Aamir Raoof ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; LETTER; PUBLICATION; HUMAN; INTERNET;

HUMANS; INTERNET; JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 85007390691     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

References (8)

1. Memon AR. ResearchGate is no longer reliable: leniency towards ghost journals may decrease its impact on the scientific community. J Pak Med Assoc. 2016; 66: 1643-7.
2. Beall’s List of Predatory Publishers [Internet]. 2016 [Cited 24 November 2016]. Available from URL: https://scholarlyoa.com/2016/01/05/bealls-list-of-predatory-publishers-2016/.
3. Criteria for Determining Predatory Open-Access Publishers [Internet]. 2012 [Cited 24 November 2016]. Available from URL: https://scholarlyoa.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/criteria-2012-2.pdf.
4. ResearchGate Search [Internet]. 2016 [Cited 28 November 2016]. Available from URL: https://www.researchgate.net/search.Search.html?query=RG%20score%20impact%20point%20factor& type=question.
5. Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association [Internet]. 2016 [Cited 24 November 2016]. Available from URL: www.jpma.org.pk/current_factor.php
6. Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association (J Pakistan Med Assoc) [Internet]. 2016 [Cited 24 November 2016]. Available from URL: https://www.researchgate.net/journal/0030-9982_Journal_of_the_Pakistan_Medical_Association.
7. International Journal of Physiotherapy [Internet]. 2016 [Cited 24 November 2016]. Available from URL: https://www.researchgate.net/journal/2348-8336_International_Journal_of_Physiotherapy.
8. Somoza-Fernández M, Rodríguez-Gairín JM, Urbano C. Presence of alleged predatory journals in bibliographic databases: Analysis of Beall’s list. El profesional de la información. 2016; 25: 730-7.