Seeing No Red Flags: Why Do Authors Ignore Journal Titles?
Publication scams have plagued academia for decades, with fraudulent journals impersonating legitimate ones to deceive authors. Compounding the issue are journal policy changes driven by editorial misjudgment or the acquisition of journals by profit-oriented publishers, leading to their removal from...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Web Librarianship Vol. 19; no. 3/4; pp. 256 - 262 |
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| Formato: | tables/charts Journal Article |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Jul-Dec2025
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