Is predatory publishing a real threat? Evidence from a large database study

Scientometrics

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 255-273

  Perlin, Marcelo S ^a   Imasato, Takeyoshi ^a   Borenstein, Denis ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Lattes platform; Open access; Predatory journals; Scholarly publishing

Indexed keywords

EID: 85045767558     PISSN: 01389130     EISSN: 15882861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-018-2750-6     Document Type: Article

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