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Table 4 Homepage integrity (look and feel)

From: Potential predatory and legitimate biomedical journals: can you tell the difference? A cross-sectional comparison

  

Predatory, N = 93, n (%)

Open Access, N = 99, n (%)

Subscription-based, N = 100, n (%)

Presence of spelling and grammatical errors

Yes

61 (65.59)

6 (6.06)

3 (3.00)

Colloquialisms/slang used

Yes

2 (2.15)

1 (1.01)

0 (0)

Presence of distorted/unauthorized images

Yes

59 (63.44)

5 (5.05)

1 (1.00)

Type of user targeted by homepage language

Readers

3 (3.23)

14 (14.14)

58 (58.00)

 

Authors

46 (49.46)

13 (13.13)

2 (2.00)

Both

28 (30.11)

51 (51.51)

26 (26.00)

Cannot tell

16 (17.20)

21 (21.21)

14 (14.00)