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Readers beware! Predatory journals are infiltrating citation databases

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  • Anna Severin

    (Swiss National Science Foundation
    University of Bern
    University of Bern)

  • Nicola Low

    (University of Bern)

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  • Anna Severin & Nicola Low, 2019. "Readers beware! Predatory journals are infiltrating citation databases," International Journal of Public Health, Springer;Swiss School of Public Health (SSPH+), vol. 64(8), pages 1123-1124, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:ijphth:v:64:y:2019:i:8:d:10.1007_s00038-019-01284-3
    DOI: 10.1007/s00038-019-01284-3
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    1. Diego Chavarro & Ismael Ràfols & Puay Tang, 2018. "To what extent is inclusion in the Web of Science an indicator of journal ‘quality’?," Research Evaluation, Oxford University Press, vol. 27(2), pages 106-118.
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    2. Maria José Sá & Carlos Miguel Ferreira & Ana Isabel Santos & Sandro Serpa, 2020. "Publishing at Any Cost? The Need for the Improvement of the Quality of Scholarly Publications," International Journal of Higher Education, Sciedu Press, vol. 9(3), pages 214-214, June.
    3. Libor Ansorge, 2023. "The right to reject an unwanted citations: do we need it?," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 128(7), pages 4147-4150, July.
    4. Andrea Cortegiani & Andrea Manca & Manoj Lalu & David Moher, 2020. "Inclusion of predatory journals in Scopus is inflating scholars’ metrics and advancing careers," International Journal of Public Health, Springer;Swiss School of Public Health (SSPH+), vol. 65(1), pages 3-4, January.
    5. György Csomós & Jenő Zsolt Farkas, 2023. "Understanding the increasing market share of the academic publisher “Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute” in the publication output of Central and Eastern European countries: a case study o," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 128(1), pages 803-824, January.

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