• Trends Pharmacol. Sci. · Jun 2016

    Characteristics of Hijacked Journals and Predatory Publishers: Our Observations in the Academic World.

    • Mehdi Dadkhah, Tomasz Maliszewski, and Mohammad Davarpanah Jazi.
    • Department of Computer and Information Technology, Foulad Institute of Technology, Fouladshahr, Isfahan 8491663763, Iran. Electronic address: dadkhah80@gmail.com.
    • Trends Pharmacol. Sci. 2016 Jun 1; 37 (6): 415-418.

    AbstractThe academic world today includes hijacked journals and predatory publishers that operate based on a 'pay and publish' model and function for financial reasons only. Here we present lesser known aspects and practices of these journals to researchers, showing the core of the problem.Copyright © 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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