New corruption detected: Bogus impact factors compiled by fake organizations
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Additional Information for citing this article: Title of Journal: Electronic physician; Abbreviated title of journal: Electron. Physician doi: 10.14661/2013.685-686 Editorial information: Type of article: Rapid communication Published: August.01.2013 © 2013 The Authors. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercialNoDerivs License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non-commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.
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