Predatory Journals: No Definition, No Defense

Predatory journals: no definition, no defence – Nature (free)

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“Leading scholars and publishers from ten countries have agreed a definition of predatory publishing that can protect scholarship. It took 12 hours of discussion, 18 questions and 3 rounds to reach.”

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— Nature News & Comment (@NatureNews) December 11, 2019