A critical analysis of the 'UGC-approved list of journals'

Current Science

Volumn 114, Issue 6, 2018, Pages 1299-1303

  Patwardhan, Bhushan ^a   Nagarkar, Shubhada ^a   Gadre, Shridhar R ^a   Lakhotia, Subhash C ^b   Katoch, Vishwa Mohan ^c   Moher, David ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUNE   (India)

^b BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c RAJASTHAN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

^d OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Predatory and dubious journals; Publication ethics; Unethical practices; University source component

Indexed keywords

EID: 85044177930     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18520/cs/v114/i06/1299-1303     Document Type: Article

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