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How can I tell if an open access journal is from a legitimate or predatory publisher?

Last Updated: Feb 05, 2014  |  11 Views
 
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Check out Beall’s List of Predatory Publishers 2013 (http://scholarlyoa.com/2012/12/06/bealls-list-of-predatory-publishers-2013/). This site, Scholarly Open Access is maintained by Jeffrey Beall at the University of Colorado Denver.

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