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h‐Index
h = r -1
 Bibliometric assessment of single authors or
institutions.
 Calculated from a list of references, listed according to decreasing numbers of citations.
 r means the reference number r with fewer than r citations.
 Can only be used to compare scientists within similar research areas.
 Highly depends on the age of the scientist.
Predatory journals
List of predatory journals: www.predatoryjournals.com
 Open access publishers of contributions with
little or no peer review.
 Fake editors and reviewers
 Business model: article-processing charges.
 Currently, more than 8000 predatory journals exist.
 Other problem: predatory conferences.
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