Of water and monsters
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Shima (ISSN: 1834-6057) is a double blind, peer-refereed open-access journal published by Publishing (Australia). SCOPUS indexed has been registered with the Directory of Open Access Journals since 2007.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Shima
سال: 2022
ISSN: ['1834-6057', '1834-6049']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21463/shima.182