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Editorial

. 2015 Jan 16:350:h210.

doi: 10.1136/bmj.h210.

Firm action needed on predatory journals

Jocalyn Clark¹, Richard Smith²

Affiliations

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¹ International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research (icddr,b), Dhaka, Bangladesh University of Toronto, Canada j.clark@utoronto.ca.
² International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research (icddr,b), Dhaka, Bangladesh Patients Know Best, London, UK.

PMID: 25596387
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.h210

Editorial

Firm action needed on predatory journals

Jocalyn Clark et al. BMJ. 2015.

. 2015 Jan 16:350:h210.

doi: 10.1136/bmj.h210.

Authors

Jocalyn Clark¹, Richard Smith²

Affiliations

¹ International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research (icddr,b), Dhaka, Bangladesh University of Toronto, Canada j.clark@utoronto.ca.
² International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research (icddr,b), Dhaka, Bangladesh Patients Know Best, London, UK.

PMID: 25596387
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.h210

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Predatory journals are only part of the problem.
Devnani M, Gupta AK. Devnani M, et al. BMJ. 2015 Feb 11;350:h707. doi: 10.1136/bmj.h707. BMJ. 2015. PMID: 25672603 No abstract available.
Reputable publishers and transparency about profits.
Choonara I. Choonara I. BMJ. 2015 Feb 11;350:h708. doi: 10.1136/bmj.h708. BMJ. 2015. PMID: 25672605 No abstract available.
List predatory journal publications separately from genuine scholarly publications as standard for CVs.
Cappell MS. Cappell MS. BMJ. 2015 May 14;350:h2470. doi: 10.1136/bmj.h2470. BMJ. 2015. PMID: 25975766 No abstract available.

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