Predatory journals: Perception, impact and use of Beall's list by the scientific community-A bibliometric big data study.

Richtig G, Berger M, Koeller M, Richtig M, Richtig E, Scheffel J, Maurer M, Siebenhaar F

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0287547
Published: 2023
Container: PloS one
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Open access: yes

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@article{allodium:10.1371/journal.pone.0287547,
  title = {Predatory journals: Perception, impact and use of Beall's list by the scientific community-A bibliometric big data study.},
  author = {Richtig G and Berger M and Koeller M and Richtig M and Richtig E and Scheffel J and Maurer M and Siebenhaar F},
  year = {2023},
  journal = {PloS one},
  doi = {10.1371/journal.pone.0287547},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0287547}
}

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AU  - Scheffel J
AU  - Maurer M
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APA

G, R., M, B., M, K., M, R., E, R., J, S., M, M., & F, S. (2023). Predatory journals: Perception, impact and use of Beall's list by the scientific community-A bibliometric big data study.. PloS one. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0287547

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