Predatory journals: acknowledging to avoid

Authors

  • Joel Rolim Mancia Universidade do Vale dos Sinos (UNISINOS), Porto Alegre (RS).

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5327/Z1414-4425201800040001

Abstract

EDITORIAL

Author Biography

Joel Rolim Mancia, Universidade do Vale dos Sinos (UNISINOS), Porto Alegre (RS).

Enfermeiro. Mestre e Doutor em Enfermagem pela Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC). Professor da Universidade do Vale dos Sinos (UNISINOS), Porto Alegre (RS).

References

Mancia JR, Felli VEA. Prática de publicação “predatória”. Enferm. Foco 2013; 4(3,4):145.

Beall J. Medical publishing triage – chronicling predatory open access publishers. Annals of Medicine and Surgery 2013; 2(2):47–9.

Beall J. Predatory publishers are corrupting open acess. Nature. 2012; 449(179):13/09.

Oermann MH, Nicoll LH, Chinn PL, Ashton KS, Conklin JL, Edie AH, Amarasekara S, Williams BL. Quality of articles published in predatory nursing journals. Nursing Outlook. 2018;66(1):4–10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.outlook.2017.05.005

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Published

2018-12-20

How to Cite

Mancia, J. R. (2018). Predatory journals: acknowledging to avoid. Revista SOBECC, 23(4), 177. https://doi.org/10.5327/Z1414-4425201800040001

Issue

Vol. 23 No. 4 (2018)

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EDITORIAL

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