Time to stop talking about ‘predatory journals’

Learned Publishing

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 181-183

  Eriksson, Stefan ^a   Helgesson, Gert ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

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EID: 85045090346     PISSN: 09531513     EISSN: 17414857     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/leap.1135     Document Type: Article

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