Predatory journals and their effects on scientific research community

Biochemia Medica

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 270-272

  Habibzadeh, Farrokh ^a   Simundic, Ana Maria ^b,c  

^a World Association of Medical Editors (WAME)

^b Croatian Academy of Medical Sciences   (Croatia)

^c Biochemia Medica   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY CARE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDITORIAL; PREDATION; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; PUBLICATION; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; HUMAN; INTERNET; OPEN ACCESS PUBLISHING; PEER REVIEW; PUBLISHING; RESEARCH; SCIENCE; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

HUMANS; INTERNET; JOURNALISM; OPEN ACCESS PUBLISHING; PEER REVIEW, RESEARCH; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH; SCIENCE;

EID: 85020668481     PISSN: 13300962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11613/BM.2017.028     Document Type: Editorial

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