Investigating journals: The dark side of publishing

2013/03/25 by Declan Butler · 7 citations
Decision Sciences · #Academic Publishing and Open Access #scientometrics and bibliometrics research

paper · pdf · doi:10.1038/495433a

openalex publication_date 2013/03/25 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/29

Abstract

The explosion in open-access publishing has fuelled the rise of questionable operators.

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