Identifying Predatory or Pseudo-Journals

Christine Laine^{1

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3}, Margaret A Winker⁴

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Christine Laine et al. Int J Occup Environ Med. 2017 Apr.

. 2017 Apr;8(2):117-124.

doi: 10.15171/ijoem.2017.1048.

Christine Laine^{1

2

3}, Margaret A Winker⁴

No abstract available

Keywords: Journalism; Predatory journal; Pseudo-journal; Publication ethics.

Conflict of interest statement

None declared.

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