Predatory Journals: What Can We Do to Protect Their Prey?

Affiliations

¹ Editor in Chief, Annals of Internal Medicine.
² Director, User Services and Collection Division, National Library of Medicine.
³ Editor in Chief, Medwave.
⁴ Editor-in-Chief, PLOS Medicine.
⁵ Chief Scientific Editor, Deutsches Ärzteblatt (German Medical Journal) and Deutsches Ärzteblatt International.
⁶ Editor in Chief, JAMA and the JAMA Network.
⁷ Editor in Chief, New Zealand Medical Journal.
⁸ Editor, Bulletin of the World Health Organization.
⁹ Deputy Editor, The Lancet.
¹⁰ Head of Research, The BMJ.
¹¹ Chief Editor, Nature Medicine.
¹² Editor-in-Chief, New England Journal of Medicine.
¹³ Representative and past president of the World Association of Medical Editors, and Editor, The National Medical Journal of India.
¹⁴ Secretary, International Committee of Medical Journal Editors, and Senior Deputy Editor, Annals of Internal Medicine. cwee@acponline.org.
¹⁵ Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Korean Medical Science.
¹⁶ Editor-in-Chief, La Tunisie Médicale.

Editorial

Christine Laine et al. J Korean Med Sci. 2025.

. 2025 Jan 13;40(2):e77.

doi: 10.3346/jkms.2025.40.e77.

¹ Editor in Chief, Annals of Internal Medicine.
² Director, User Services and Collection Division, National Library of Medicine.
³ Editor in Chief, Medwave.
⁴ Editor-in-Chief, PLOS Medicine.
⁵ Chief Scientific Editor, Deutsches Ärzteblatt (German Medical Journal) and Deutsches Ärzteblatt International.
⁶ Editor in Chief, JAMA and the JAMA Network.
⁷ Editor in Chief, New Zealand Medical Journal.
⁸ Editor, Bulletin of the World Health Organization.
⁹ Deputy Editor, The Lancet.
¹⁰ Head of Research, The BMJ.
¹¹ Chief Editor, Nature Medicine.
¹² Editor-in-Chief, New England Journal of Medicine.
¹³ Representative and past president of the World Association of Medical Editors, and Editor, The National Medical Journal of India.
¹⁴ Secretary, International Committee of Medical Journal Editors, and Senior Deputy Editor, Annals of Internal Medicine. cwee@acponline.org.
¹⁵ Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Korean Medical Science.
¹⁶ Editor-in-Chief, La Tunisie Médicale.

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