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Table 8 Publication ethics and policies

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 (%)

COPE mentioned

Yes

13 (13.98)

77 (77.78)

33 (33.00)

Publication ethics technologies:

ORCID

2 (2.15)

9 (90.91)

3 (3.00)

Crossref

10 (10.75)

23 (23.23)

7 (7.00)

Crossmark

0 (0)

1 (1.01)

2 (2.00)

Crosscheck/iThenticate

1 (1.08)

57 (57.58)

16 (16.00)

none

81 (87.10)

40 (40.40)

77 (77.00)

Retraction policy

Yes

12 (12.90)

44 (44.44)

68 (68.00)

Corrections or errata policy

Yes

22 (23.66)

50 (50.51)

50 (50.00)

Plagiarism policy

Yes

44 (47.31)

70 (70.71)

49 (49.00)

Instructions to authors available

Yes

90 (96.77)

98 (98.99)

97 (97.00)

If yes, manuscript preparation guidancea

Yes

86/90 (95.56)

98/98 (100)

97/97 (100.00)

If yes, reporting guideline(s) mentioneda

EQUATOR

0/90 (0.00)

25/98 (25.25)

24/97 (24.00)

CONSORT

4/90 (4.44)

37/98 (37.76)

57/97 (58.76)

PRISMA

1/90 (1.11)

26/98 (26.53)

32/97 (32.99)

STROBE

1/90 (1.11)

27/98 (27.55)

23/97 (23.71)

STARD

1/90 (1.11)

29/98 (29.59)

22/97 (22.68)

Otherb

2/90 (2.22)

30/98 (30.61)

27/97

None

85/90 (91.40)

54/98 (54.55)

35/97 (35.00)

Study registration required

Yes

6 (6.45)

56 (56.57)

62 (62.00)

  1. ORCID Open Researcher and Contributor ID
  2. aDenominator of fractions indicates the number of journals where the variable concerned was relevant
  3. b21 other reporting guidelines mentioned, including ARRIVE, CARE, CHEERS, COREQ, ENTREQ, HuGENet, MIAME, MIBBI, MOOSE, QUOROM, ORION, PRISMA-P, RATS, REDHOT, REFLECT, SPIRIT, SQUIRE, STREGA, TREND, TRIPOD, a custom journal checklist