‘Predatory’ open access journals as parody: Exposing the limitations of ‘legitimate’ academic publishing

TripleC

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 651-662

  Bell, Kirsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Academic Publishing; Mimicry; Open Access Publishers; Parody; Predatory Journals

Indexed keywords

EID: 85022330095     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1726670X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.31269/triplec.v15i2.870     Document Type: Article

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