Scholarly databases under scrutiny
Volume: 52, Issue: 1, Pages: 150 - 160
Published: Jun 29, 2018
Abstract
The study aims to investigate whether indices (e.g. SSCI/ SCI/AHCI/ESCI, SCOPUS, MEDLINE, HW Wilson, ERIC) include potentially fake journals (PFJs) identified earlier in Beall’s list. Fourteen indices were examined to find out if PFJs are indexed by indices. The study also aims to provide detailed data regarding which of these indices include such PFJs along with information about the number of issues and articles published per year and...
Paper Details
Title
Scholarly databases under scrutiny
Published Date
Jun 29, 2018
Volume
52
Issue
1
Pages
150 - 160
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