Beware of predatory publishing – but also of low-quality blacklists
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https://doi.org/10.7557/11.7010Keywords:
Blacklists, predatory journals, predatory publishers, predatory publishingAbstract
We should be wary of low-quality journals and predatory OA publishing. But we should also know which sources’ judgement to trust. Is the new website Predatory Reports a trustworthy source of information?
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2023-04-04
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Frantsvåg, Jan Erik. 2023. “Beware of predatory publishing – but also of low-quality blacklists”. Nordic Perspectives on Open Science 8 (April). https://doi.org/10.7557/11.7010.
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