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Dealing with predatory journal articles captured in systematic reviews.

Danielle B Rice^1,2,3, Becky Skidmore⁴, Kelly D Cobey^4,5

¹Department of Psychology, 2001 Avenue McGill College, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada. drice@ohri.ca.

Systematic Reviews

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Summary

Systematic reviews face challenges with predatory journals. Authors should develop methods to manage these articles, ensuring reliable healthcare research and clinical guidelines.

Keywords:

Meta-analysis Open access Predatory journals Systematic reviews

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Background:

Systematic reviews synthesize healthcare literature for clinical guidelines.
Predatory journals pose a risk of contaminating systematic reviews with unreliable studies.
This contamination can negatively impact evidence-based healthcare and clinical practice.

Discussion:

No standardized methods exist for managing predatory journal articles in systematic reviews.
Authors can proactively address this by detailing strategies in study protocols.
Assessing journal legitimacy via directories like DOAJ is crucial.

Key Insights:

Predatory journal articles meeting inclusion criteria present a growing concern for systematic reviews.
A three-step approach is proposed: a priori protocol detailing, open access journal verification, and sensitivity analysis.
Implementing these methods can mitigate the negative influence of predatory journals.

Outlook:

Developing robust methodologies is essential to counter the threat of predatory journals in systematic reviews.
Ensuring the integrity of synthesized research is vital for trustworthy clinical guidelines.
Continued vigilance and adaptation of review practices are necessary in scholarly publishing.