Table 6 Editors and staff
Predatory, N = 93, n (%) | Open Access, N = 99, n (%) | Subscription-based, N = 100, n (%) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Named Editor-in-Chief | Yes | 71 (76.34) | 82 (82.83) | 91 (91.00) |
Formal editorial board named | Yes | 60 (64.52) | 92 (92.93) | 72 (72.00) |
If yes, number of members (median, IQR) | 23 (14–37) | 32.5 (22–50) | 27.5 (16.5–62) | |
Composition of journal staff | Managing/handling editor | 22 (23.66) | 18 (18.18) | 41 (41.00) |
Associate editor | 30 (32.26) | 47 (47.47) | 68 (68.00) | |
Academic editor | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1(1.00) | |
Statistical editor | 2 (2.15) | 4 (4.04) | 20 (20.00) | |
Editorial staff | 8 (8.60) | 7 (7.07) | 19 (19.00) | |
Othera | 43 (46.24) | 45 (45.45) | 75 (75.00) | |
None of the above | 26 (27.96) | 24 (24.24) | 3 (3.00) | |
Validity checkb,c | Legitimate | 24/90 (26.67) | 95/98 (96.94) | 97/97 (100.00) |
False/made up | 41/90 (45.56) | 2/98 (2.04) | 1/97 (1.03) | |
Used without permission | 66/90 (73.33) | 2/98 (2.04) | 1/97 (1.03) | |
Institutional affiliation indicatedc | Editor-in-Chief | 40/71 (56.33) | 71/82 (86.59) | 57/91 (62.64) |
Editors/staff | 42/67 (62.69) | 56/75 (74.67) | 48/97 (49.48) | |
Editorial board members | 48/60 (80.00) | 81/92 (88.04) | 31/72 (43.06) |