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How stakeholders can respond to the rise of predatory journals

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Predatory journals are a global and growing problem contaminating all domains of science. A coordinated response by all stakeholders (researchers, institutions, funders, regulators and patients) will be needed to stop the influence of these illegitimate journals.

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M.M.L. is supported by The Ottawa Hospital Anesthesia Alternate Funds Association. D.M. is supported by a University Research Chair.

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  1. Manoj Mathew Lalu and Larissa Shamseer contributed equally to this work.

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  1. Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, ON, Canada

    Manoj Mathew Lalu

  2. Centre for Journalology, Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, ON, Canada

    Manoj Mathew Lalu, Larissa Shamseer, Kelly D. Cobey & David Moher

  3. Blueprint Translational Research Group, Clinical Epidemiology Program, Regenerative Medicine Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, ON, Canada

    Manoj Mathew Lalu

  4. School of Epidemiology and Public Health, Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada

    Larissa Shamseer, Kelly D. Cobey & David Moher

  5. School of Natural Sciences, Department of Psychology, University of Stirling, Stirling, Scotland

    Kelly D. Cobey

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Lalu, M.M., Shamseer, L., Cobey, K.D. et al. How stakeholders can respond to the rise of predatory journals. Nat Hum Behav 1, 852–855 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-017-0257-4

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