Knowledge production on predatory publishing: A systematic review

Learned Publishing

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2021, Pages 407-413

  Mertkan, Sefika ^a   Onurkan Aliusta, Gulen ^a   Suphi, Nilgun ^a  

^a EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

ethics; higher education; predatory journals; predatory publishing

Indexed keywords

EID: 85103962775     PISSN: 09531513     EISSN: 17414857     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/leap.1380     Document Type: Article

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