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Assessing the impact of predatory journals on policy and guidance documents: a cross-sectional study protocol

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  • Olivier Brandts-Longtin Centre for Journalology, Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, CanadaBlueprint Translational Research Group, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, CanadaFaculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Manoj M Lalu Centre for Journalology, Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, CanadaBlueprint Translational Research Group, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, CanadaAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, CanadaRegenerative Medicine Program, The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ontario, CanadaCellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Euan A Adie Open Policy Limited, London, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Marc A Albert Telfer School of Management, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Elham Almoli Centre for Journalology, Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, CanadaSchool of Interdisciplinary Science, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Faris Almoli Centre for Journalology, Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, CanadaSchool of Interdisciplinary Science, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Gregory L Bryson Centre for Journalology, Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, CanadaAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Christophe Dony ULiège Library, University of Liege, Liege, Belgium PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Daniel Dunleavy Center for Translational Behavioural Science, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Agnes Grudniewicz Telfer School of Management, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Christian Lehmann Anesthesia, Pain Management and Perioperative Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Rémy Lhoest ULiège Library, University of Liege, Liege, Belgium PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • David Moher Centre for Journalology, Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, CanadaSchool of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Ottawa Faculty of Medicine, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Joshua Montroy Blueprint Translational Research Group, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Mallory Pitts Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Alicia Ricketts Centre for Journalology, Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Paul Thirion ULiège Library, University of Liege, Liege, Belgium PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Kelly D Cobey School of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Ottawa Faculty of Medicine, Ottawa, Ontario, CanadaUniversity of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to Dr Manoj M Lalu; mlalu{at}toh.ca; Dr Kelly D Cobey; kcobey{at}ottawaheart.ca
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Brandts-Longtin O, Lalu MM, Adie EA, et al
Assessing the impact of predatory journals on policy and guidance documents: a cross-sectional study protocol
BMJ Open 2022;12:e059445. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-059445

Publication history

  • Received November 19, 2021
  • Accepted February 28, 2022
  • First published April 4, 2022.
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April 04, 2022
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