Predatory journals: Who publishes in them and why?

Journal of Informetrics

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2018, Pages 1296-1311

  Demir, Selcuk Besir ^a  

^a CUMHURIYET UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Academic ethics; Beall's list; Higher education policy; Open access; Predatory journals; Publication subsidies

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIGITAL STORAGE;

ACADEMIC ETHICS; BEALL'S LIST; HIGHER EDUCATION; OPEN ACCESS; PREDATORY JOURNALS; PUBLICATION SUBSIDIES;

PUBLISHING;

EID: 85056851641     PISSN: 17511577     EISSN: 18755879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joi.2018.10.008     Document Type: Article

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