Stop paying predatory publishers of academic journals-A policy proposal to restore scientific integrity and transparency.
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- 10.1002/1873-3468.70451
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- 2026 Aug 26
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- FEBS letters
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BibTeX
@article{allodium:10.1002/1873-3468.70451,
title = {Stop paying predatory publishers of academic journals-A policy proposal to restore scientific integrity and transparency.},
author = {Rainey PB and Timmis KN and Williams PA and Karahan ZC and López-García P and Chavarria M and Greening C and Steward K and Silva Pereira C and Giraldo R and Verstraete W and Jonjić S and Ramos JL and Nunes O and Ventosa A and Armstrong R and Sessitsch A and Ron E and Wang H and Hochberg ME and Berryhill B and Levin BR},
year = {2026},
journal = {FEBS letters},
doi = {10.1002/1873-3468.70451},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1002/1873-3468.70451}
}RIS
TY - JOUR TI - Stop paying predatory publishers of academic journals-A policy proposal to restore scientific integrity and transparency. AU - Rainey PB AU - Timmis KN AU - Williams PA AU - Karahan ZC AU - López-García P AU - Chavarria M AU - Greening C AU - Steward K AU - Silva Pereira C AU - Giraldo R AU - Verstraete W AU - Jonjić S AU - Ramos JL AU - Nunes O AU - Ventosa A AU - Armstrong R AU - Sessitsch A AU - Ron E AU - Wang H AU - Hochberg ME AU - Berryhill B AU - Levin BR PY - 2026 JO - FEBS letters DO - 10.1002/1873-3468.70451 UR - https://doi.org/10.1002/1873-3468.70451 ER -
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PB, R., KN, T., PA, W., ZC, K., P, L., M, C., C, G., K, S., C, S. P., R, G., W, V., S, J., JL, R., O, N., A, V., R, A., A, S., E, R., H, W., ME, H., B, B., & BR, L. (2026). Stop paying predatory publishers of academic journals-A policy proposal to restore scientific integrity and transparency.. FEBS letters. https://doi.org/10.1002/1873-3468.70451
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- pubmed · retrieved 2026-09-25T08:36:33.899Z