Citation Contamination: References to Predatory Journals in the Legitimate Scientific Literature

Dear LIS Forum, Here is another shocking revelation: Citation Contamination: References to Predatory Journals in the Legitimate Scientific Literature. How many articles from predatory journals are being cited in the legitimate (especially medical) literature? Some disturbing findings. https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2019/10/28/citation-contamination-refere... Thanks ______________________________________ *Yesan Sellan, * *B.Com., MLISc., PGDLAN, BCS., UGC-NET., (PhD Candidate),* *Chief Librarian* South Asia Institute of Advanced Christian Studies (SAIACS) 363 Dodda Gubbi Cross Road, Kothanur P.O., Bangalore 77, India Phone: 91 80 2846 5235/5344/ 5649, Fax: 91 80 28465412, Mobile: 91-9972348251 www.saiacs.org Alternative Email: yesans@gmail.com ______________________________________ IMPORTANT : This message is intended only for the addressee. It may contain confidential information. Any unauthorized disclosure is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately so that we may correct our internal records. Please then delete the original message. Thank you. P Please consider the environment before printing this email*.*
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