Invitations received from potential predatory publishers and fraudulent conferences: A 12-month early-career researcher experience

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 94, Issue 1108, 2018, Pages 104-108

  Mercier, Eric ^a,b,c   Tardif, Pier Alexandre ^b   Moore, Lynne ^b   Le Sage, Natalie ^a,b   Cameron, Peter A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b Université Laval   (Canada)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

dissemination of research; predatory conferences; predatory journals; publication ethic; young researcher

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIA; CAREER; E-MAIL; EDITOR; EUROPE; HUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; PUBLICATION; RECIPIENT; SCIENTIST; EDUCATION; FRAUD; ORGANIZATION; PEER REVIEW; PERSONNEL; PUBLISHING; RESEARCH; STANDARDS; WRITING;

AUTHORSHIP; CONGRESSES AS TOPIC; ELECTRONIC MAIL; FRAUD; PEER REVIEW, RESEARCH; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; PUBLISHING; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; RESEARCH REPORT;

EID: 85044773163     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: 14690756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/postgradmedj-2017-135097     Document Type: Article

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