Current Issue - July 2020, Volume 14, Issue No. 2

1. Ferris LE, Winker MA. Research integrity corner: Special issue on predatory journals. Review. Biochemia Medica 2017;27(2):279-84. doi: org/10.11613/BM.2017.030
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28. Frandsen TF. Are predatory journals undermining the credibility of science? A bibliometric analysis of citers. Scientometrics 2017; 113(3): 1513-28. doi: org/10.1007/s11192-017-2520-x
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