Fraud in Academic Publishing: Researchers Under Cyber-Attacks - 18/04/17
Doi : 10.1016/j.amjmed.2016.08.030
Mehdi Dadkhah, MSc a, ⁎ 
, Glenn Borchardt, PhD b, Tomasz Maliszewski, PhD c
, Glenn Borchardt, PhD b, Tomasz Maliszewski, PhD c a Information Science Scientist, Isfahan, Iran
b Progressive Science Institute, Berkeley, Calif
c Department of Social Sciences, Pomeranian University in Słupsk, Poland
∗Requests for reprints should be addressed to Mehdi Dadkhah, MSc, Independent Scientist on Information Science, Foulad Institute of Technology, Foulad Shahr, Isfahan 8491663763, Iran.Independent Scientist on Information ScienceFoulad Institute of TechnologyFoulad ShahrIsfahan 8491663763Iran
Abstract |
Day by day, researchers receive new suspicious e-mails in their inboxes. Many of them do not have sufficient information about these types of e-mails, and may become victims of cyber-attacks. In this short communication, we review current cyber threats in academic publishing and try to present general guidelines for authors.
Le texte complet de cet article est disponible en PDF.Keywords : Bogus metric, Fraud, Predatory journal, Spam e-mail
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Vol 130 - N° 1
P. 27-30 - janvier 2017 Retour au numéro
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