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Editorial
. 2016 Feb;64(2):107-8.
doi: 10.4103/0301-4738.179733.

"FakeBooks"--predatory journals: The dark side of publishing

Sundaram Natarajan  1 , Akshay Gopinathan Nair
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"FakeBooks"--predatory journals: The dark side of publishing

Sundaram Natarajan et al. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2016 Feb.
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