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Academics Raise Concerns About Predatory Journals on PubMed

Indian Government Aims to Take Down Predatory Journals

German Scientists Frequently Publish in Predatory Journals

Sensors Journal Pulls Planned Special Issue Due to Guest Editor’s Fake Credentials

A Turbulent Year in the Publishing World

US Court Issues Injunction Against Open-Access Publisher OMICS

Oncotarget Journal Cut from Medline

Opinion: We Need a Replacement for Beall’s List

On Blacklists and Whitelists

Identifying Predatory Publishers

Opinion: Why I Published in a Predatory Journal

SCOPUS Dumps OMICS Journals

Notable Science Quotes

US Gov't Takes On Predatory Publishers

Predatory Journal Biz Booming

Contributors

Predatory Journal Trading on Former Name

OMICS in Hot Water

Cheap Impact?

Expensive Retraction

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The Alpha-Gal Syndrome Story: How Researchers Traced a Red-Meat Allergy to Ticks

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Fragments of Lyme Disease Bacteria Linked to Liver Dysfunction

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How Cysteine Depletion Drives Cells to Burn Fat 

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Universe 25 Experiment

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Advances in Automated RNA Library Preparation

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Accelerating Recombinase Reprogramming with Machine Learning

Accelerating Recombinase Reprogramming with Machine Learning

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Memory-enhancing neural networks may also drive involuntary musical loops in the brain.

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Accelerating Recombinase Reprogramming with Machine Learning

Accelerating Recombinase Reprogramming with Machine Learning

Genome Modeling and Design: From the Molecular to Genome Scale

Genome Modeling and Design: From the Molecular to Genome Scale

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Screening 3D Brain Cell Cultures for Drug Discovery

Screening 3D Brain Cell Cultures for Drug Discovery

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Multiplexing PCR Technologies for Biopharmaceutical Research

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