Publishers withdraw more than 120 gibberish papers
NaturePublished 24 February 2014Open access
Richard Van Noorden
Citations123
SJR quartileQ1
SJR score18.29
SNIP10.16
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Conference proceedings removed from subscription databases after scientist reveals that they were computer-generated.
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Conference proceedings removed from subscription databases after scientist reveals that they were computer-generated.
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