Problems and challenges of predatory journals

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2018, Pages 1441-1449

  Richtig, G ^a   Berger, M ^a   Lange Asschenfeldt, B ^b,c   Aberer, W ^a   Richtig, E ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b GENERAL HOSPITAL KLAGENFURT   (Austria)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTHOR; BEALL LIST; CLASSIFICATION; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; DISTRIBUTION; EXTERNAL REPUTATION DAMAGE; HISTORY; HUMAN; INEXPERIENCE; INFORMATION LOSS; KNOWLEDGE; OPEN ACCESS PUBLISHING; PARAMETERS; PEER REVIEW; PREDATORY JOURNAL; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; DECEPTION; ETHICS; JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PUBLISHING; STANDARDS; WRITING;

AUTHORSHIP; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; DECEPTION; EDITORIAL POLICIES; HUMANS; JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; OPEN ACCESS PUBLISHING; PEER REVIEW, RESEARCH; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 85047772943     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: 14683083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jdv.15039     Document Type: Review

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