‘Let authors decide on journals to publish in’


Prof Graham Kendall’s letter to the editor (‘Publishing in journals ministry refuses to fund’, StarEdu, May 12) raises important issues for Malaysian researchers and institutions who want to publish and participate in the global scientific enterprise.

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