Corrigendum to: Does small equal predatory? Analysis of publication charges and transparency of editorial policies in Croatian open access journals
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[This corrects the article DOI: 10.11613/BM.2017.032.].
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Does small equal predatory? Analysis of publication charges and transparency of editorial policies in Croatian open access journals
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