Where Arab social science and humanities scholars choose to publish: Falling in the predatory journals trap

Learned Publishing

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 222-229

  Shehata, Ahmed Maher Khafaga ^a   Elgllab, Mohammed Fathy Mahmoud ^a,b  

^a MINIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b SHAQRA UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

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EID: 85049520955     PISSN: 09531513     EISSN: 17414857     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/leap.1167     Document Type: Article

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