Are predatory journals undermining the credibility of science? A bibliometric analysis of citers

Scientometrics

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 1513-1528

  Frandsen, Tove Faber ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Citation analysis; Citing authors; Predatory journals

Indexed keywords

EID: 85029787603     PISSN: 01389130     EISSN: 15882861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-017-2520-x     Document Type: Article

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