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Editorial
. 2025 Jan 7:388:q2850.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.q2850.

Predatory journals: what can we do to protect their prey?

Christine Laine  1 , Dianne Babski  2 , Vivienne C Bachelet  3 , Till W Bärnighausen  4 , Christopher Baethge  5 , Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo  6 , Frank Frizelle  7 , Laragh Gollogy  8 , Sabine Kleinert  9 , Elizabeth Loder  10 , João Monteiro  11 , Eric J Rubin  12 , Peush Sahni  13   14 , Christina C Wee  1   15 , Jin-Hong Yoo  16 , Lilia Zakhama  17
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Editorial

Predatory journals: what can we do to protect their prey?

Christine Laine et al. BMJ. .
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PS is a representative and past president of the World Association of Medical Editors (WAME) but this does not imply endorsement by WAME member journals that are not part of the ICMJE. CW is senior deputy editor of Annals Internal Medicine. Competing interests: We have read The BMJ’s policy on competing interests and have no interests to declare.

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