Potential predatory and legitimate biomedical journals: can you tell the difference? A cross-sectional comparison | BMC Medicine | Full Text

lkfitz's bookmarks 2017-04-24

Summary:

"We identified 13 evidence-based characteristics by which predatory journals may potentially be distinguished from presumed legitimate journals. These may be useful for authors who are assessing journals for possible submission or for others, such as universities evaluating candidates’ publications as part of the hiring process."

Link:

dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12916-017-0785-9

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Tags:

oa.new oa.predatory oa.gold oa.biomedicine oa.case oa.case.journals oa.credibility oa.journals

Date tagged:

04/24/2017, 12:00

Date published:

04/24/2017, 08:00