Defining predatory journals and responding to the threat they pose: A modified Delphi consensus process

BMJ Open

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2020, Pages

  Cukier, Samantha ^a   Lalu, Manoj ^a,b   Bryson, Gregory L ^a,b   Cobey, Kelly D ^a,c   Grudniewicz, Agnes ^d   Moher, David ^a,c  

^a OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

medical education training; medical journalism; statistics research methods

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHECKLIST; DELPHI STUDY; EDITOR; FEMALE; FUNDING; HUMAN; INFORMATICIAN; LIBRARIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PUBLISHING; CONSENSUS; PERSONNEL; PUBLICATION; QUESTIONNAIRE;

CONSENSUS; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; PUBLISHING; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 85079228486     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-035561     Document Type: Article

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