All publishers are predatory - some are bigger than others

Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 1643-1647

  Amaral, Olavo B ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Elsevier; Peer review; Preprint; Science evaluation; Science policy; Scientific publishing

Indexed keywords

ETHICS; HUMAN; OPEN ACCESS PUBLISHING; PEER REVIEW; PUBLICATION; PUBLISHING;

HUMANS; OPEN ACCESS PUBLISHING; PEER REVIEW, RESEARCH; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; PUBLISHING;

EID: 85048601210     PISSN: 00013765     EISSN: 16782690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/0001-3765201820170959     Document Type: Note

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