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ArticleANZ journal of surgery2025

Why the Rise of Predatory Journals: View of the Prey.

David A Clark, Michael Solomon

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Article in ANZ journal of surgery, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

David A ClarkDepartment of Surgery, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Herston, Queensland, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-2065-3012
Michael SolomonDepartment of Colorectal Surgery, Royal Prince Alfred, Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-5602-6045

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

For many authors, the publishing world is opaque and complex. With the rise of predatory journals, the sharks are circling inexperienced authors. There have been steps taken by publishers to mitigate the risk to scientific publishing, and this article seeks to approach the issue from the author's view.

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Periodicals as TopicPublishingAuthorshipHumansOpen Access Publishingauthorpredatory journalspublishing

Identifiers

PMID40331438
PMCPMC12641334

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