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Predatory journals: temporary inconvenience or permanent disruption?

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, India

    Harsh Deora

  2. Department of Neurosurgery, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India

    Manjul Tripathi

  3. Department of Neurosurgery, Bangladesh Medical College and University, Dhaka, Bangladesh

    Bipin Chaurasia

  4. Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

    J. André Grotenhuis

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Deora, H., Tripathi, M., Chaurasia, B. et al. Predatory journals: temporary inconvenience or permanent disruption?. Acta Neurochir 163, 2393–2394 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00701-020-04685-z

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