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ArticleNursing reports (Pavia, Italy)2026

Imposter Participants in Online Nursing Research: Prevalence, Red Flags, and Risk Mitigation Strategies.

Richard J Gray, Niall Higgins, Piyanee Yobas, Alessandro Stievano, Daniel Bressington

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Article in Nursing reports (Pavia, Italy), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Richard J GraySchool of Nursing and Midwifery, La Trobe University, Melbourne, VIC 3096, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-9694-4206
Niall HigginsSchool of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, QLD 4350, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-3260-1711
Piyanee YobasAlice Lee Centre for Nursing Studies, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117599, Singapore.ORCID 0000-0003-2581-4572
Alessandro StievanoCentre of Excellence for Nursing Scholarship, International Medical University in Rome, 00131 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-3508-2352
Daniel BressingtonFaculty of Nursing, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Following the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been substantial growth in the amount of nursing research conducted online, with participants often recruited via social media platforms [...].

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PMCPMC13118303

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