The rewards of predatory publications at a small business school

Journal of Scholarly Publishing

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 137-160

  Pyne, Derek ^a  

^a THOMPSON RIVERS UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Awards; Predatory journals; Research incentives

Indexed keywords

EID: 85017165658     PISSN: 11989742     EISSN: 17101166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3138/jsp.48.3.137     Document Type: Review

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