Document (#43150)

Author
Chawla, D.S.
Title
Hundreds of 'predatory' journals indexed on leading scholarly database
Issue
[08.02.2021].
Source
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-00239-0
Year
2021
Series
News
Abstract
Scopus has stopped adding content from most of the flagged titles, but the analysis highlights how poor-quality science is infiltrating literature.
Content
doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00239-0.
Theme
Informetrie
Object
Scopus

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