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How to Recognize and Avoid Potential, Possible, or Probable Predatory Open-Access Publishers, Standalone, and Hijacked Journals

Open Access
|Nov 2016

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/prilozi-2016-0011 | Journal eISSN: 1857-8985 | Journal ISSN: 1857-9345
Language: English
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Published on: Nov 23, 2016
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