Hype or Real Threat: The Extent of Predatory Journals in Student Bibliographies

Predatory publishing has risen with the development of open access publishing. This study examines how many potential predatory journals were used by Brandon University students by analyzing their bibliographies. In total, 245 bibliographies including 2,359 citations were analyzed. Of the 1,485 cita...

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Main Authors: H. Rainer Schira, Chris Hurst
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Partnership 2019-04-01
Series:Partnership: The Canadian Journal of Library and Information Practice and Research
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Online Access:https://journal.lib.uoguelph.ca/index.php/perj/article/view/4764