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Stop this waste of people, animals and money

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  • David Moher

    (a clinical epidemiologist at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, and part of the Study Reporting in Predatory Journals Group)

  • Larissa Shamseer

    (Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
    University of Ottawa)

  • Kelly D. Cobey

    (the Centre for Journalology, Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
    University of Ottawa
    University of Stirling)

  • Manoj M. Lalu

    (Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
    University of Ottawa)

  • James Galipeau

    (Ottawa Hospital Research Institute)

  • Marc T. Avey

    (Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
    University of Ottawa)

  • Nadera Ahmadzai

    (Ottawa Hospital Research Institute)

  • Mostafa Alabousi

    (University of Ottawa)

  • Pauline Barbeau

    (the Centre for Journalology, Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute)

  • Andrew Beck

    (Ottawa Hospital Research Institute)

  • Raymond Daniel

    (the Centre for Journalology, Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute)

  • Robert Frank

    (University of Ottawa)

  • Mona Ghannad

    (the Centre for Journalology, Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
    Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam
    the Centre de Recherche Épidémiologie et Statistique Sorbonne Paris Cité (CRESS-UMR1153) INSERM, Université Paris Descartes, Centre d'épidémiologie Clinique)

  • Candyce Hamel

    (the Centre for Journalology, Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute)

  • Mona Hersi

    (the Centre for Journalology, Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute)

  • Brian Hutton

    (the Centre for Journalology, Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
    University of Ottawa)

  • Inga Isupov

    (University of Ottawa)

  • Trevor A. McGrath

    (University of Ottawa)

  • Matthew D. F. McInnes

    (the Centre for Journalology, Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
    University of Ottawa)

  • Matthew J. Page

    (Monash University
    University of Bristol)

  • Misty Pratt

    (the Centre for Journalology, Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute)

  • Kusala Pussegoda

    (the Centre for Journalology, Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute)

  • Beverley Shea

    (the Centre for Journalology, Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
    University of Ottawa)

  • Anubhav Srivastava

    (University of Waterloo)

  • Adrienne Stevens

    (the Centre for Journalology, Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
    University of Split School of Medicine)

  • Kednapa Thavorn

    (the Centre for Journalology, Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
    University of Ottawa)

  • Sasha van Katwyk

    (the Centre for Journalology, Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute)

  • Roxanne Ward

    (the Centre for Journalology, Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute)

  • Dianna Wolfe

    (the Centre for Journalology, Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute)

  • Fatemeh Yazdi

    (the Centre for Journalology, Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute)

  • Ashley M. Yu

    (University of Ottawa)

  • Hedyeh Ziai

    (University of Ottawa)

Abstract

Predatory journals have shoddy reporting and include papers from wealthy nations, find David Moher, Larissa Shamseer, Kelly Cobey and colleagues.

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  • David Moher & Larissa Shamseer & Kelly D. Cobey & Manoj M. Lalu & James Galipeau & Marc T. Avey & Nadera Ahmadzai & Mostafa Alabousi & Pauline Barbeau & Andrew Beck & Raymond Daniel & Robert Frank & M, 2017. "Stop this waste of people, animals and money," Nature, Nature, vol. 549(7670), pages 23-25, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:549:y:2017:i:7670:d:10.1038_549023a
    DOI: 10.1038/549023a
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