Keep calm and carry on: moral panic, predatory publishers, peer review, and the emperor's new clothes.
The moral panic over the impact of so-called predatory publishers continues unabated. It is important, however, to resist the urge to simply join in this crusade without pausing to examine the assumptions upon which such concerns are based. It is often assumed that established journals are almost sa...
| Publicado en: | Journal of the Medical Library Association Vol. 110; no. 2; pp. 233 - 240 |
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| Formato: | tables/charts Journal Article |
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University of Pittsburgh, University Library System
Apr2022
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