The Crisis in Scientific Publishing: A Holistic Perspective About Background Issues Associated with Predatory Publishing
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Ethical issues in publishing in predatory journals
Predatory journals, or journals that charge an article processing charge (APC) to authors, yet do not have the hallmarks of legitimate scholarly journals such as peer review and editing, Editorial Boards, editorial offices, and other editorial standards, pose a number of new ethical issues in journal publishing. This paper discusses ethical issues around predatory journals and publishing in the...
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عنوان ژورنال: Acta Médica Portuguesa
سال: 2018
ISSN: 1646-0758,0870-399X
DOI: 10.20344/amp.10762