Predatory publishing and you.
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Once upon a time there was an academic librarian at the University of Colorado who led a quiet librarian life until the day he noticed predators in the midst of scholarly publishing. Jeffrey Beall discovered, studied, revealed, and blogged about what he would eventually name Predatory Publishing. His Web site, Scholarly Open Access (http:// scholarlyoa.com), is an increasingly important source of information for authors and readers from all professional walks of life, including nurses (Pearson, 2015), but more about that later.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- The Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care : JANAC
دوره 26 3 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2015