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Editorial
. 2017 Feb 27;3(1):3-4.
doi: 10.1002/cre2.62. eCollection 2017 Feb.

Launching a new journal on the Internet in an era of fake science news and predatory publishing-doing the right thing and doing the thing right

Asbjørn Jokstad  1
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Editorial

Launching a new journal on the Internet in an era of fake science news and predatory publishing-doing the right thing and doing the thing right

Asbjørn Jokstad. Clin Exp Dent Res. .
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Frequency of use of the terms “junk science,” “fake news,” and “fake medicine” in the English literature in the period between 1910 and 2008 (last year of registration). Source: Google Books nomogram viewer
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