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

Authors

  • Christine Laine Editor in Chief, Annals of Internal Medicine
  • Dianne Babski Director, User Services and Collection Division, National Library of Medicine
  • Vivienne C. Bachelet Editor in Chief, Medwave
  • Till W. Bärnighausen Editor-in-Chief, PLOS Medicine
  • Christopher Baethge Chief Scientific Editor, Deutsches Ärzteblatt (German Medical Journal) and Deutsches Ärzteblatt International
  • Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo Editor in Chief, JAMA and the JAMA Network
  • Frank Frizelle Editor in Chief, New Zealand Medical Journal
  • Laragh Gollogy Editor, Bulletin of the World Health Organization, Coordinator, WHO Press
  • Sabine Kleinert Deputy Editor, The Lancet Group
  • Elizabeth Loder Head of Research, The BMJ
  • João Monteiro Chief Editor, Nature Medicine
  • Eric J. Rubin Editor-in-Chief, New England Journal of Medicine
  • Peush Sahni Representative and past president of the World Association of Medical Editors and Editor, The National Medical Journal of India
  • Christina C. Wee Secretary, ICMJE and Senior Deputy Editor, Annals of Internal Medicine
  • Jin-Hong Yoo Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Korean Medical Science
  • Lilia Zakhama Editor-In-Chief, La Tunisie Medicale https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6026-8592 (unauthenticated)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.62438/tunismed.v103i1.5666

Keywords:

Medical writing, Predatory journals, ICMJE

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Author Biography

  • Lilia Zakhama, Editor-In-Chief, La Tunisie Medicale

    Head of department

    Cardiology Department, Security Forces Hospital, 2070, La Marsa, Tunisia

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2025-01-06

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Vol. 103 No. 1 (2025): Tunis Med Jan 2025

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