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Potential predatory and legitimate biomedical journals: can you tell the difference? A cross-sectional comparison

BMC Medicine · 16 March 2017

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Compares websites and characteristics of potential predatory journals with legitimate open access and subscription biomedical journals. It identifies features such as spelling errors, distorted images and very low article charges that can help authors spot likely predatory journals.

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Shamseer L, Moher D, Maduekwe O, Turner L, Barbour V, Burch R, et al. Potential predatory and legitimate biomedical journals: can you tell the difference? A cross-sectional comparison. BMC Medicine. 2017;15(1):28. doi:10.1186/s12916-017-0785-9

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