Hijacked journals are attacking the reliability and validity of medical research

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  • Mehrdad Jalalian Editor-in-Chief, Electronic Physician Journal, Mashhad, Iran

Keywords:

hijacked journal, medical research, validity, reliability

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Published

2022-03-08

Issue

Vol. 6 No. 4 (2014): October-December 2014

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Editorial

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