Predatory journals: What can we do to protect their prey?

• Christine Laine ,
• Dianne Babski ,
• Vivienne C. Bachelet ,
• Till W. Bärnighausen ,
• Christopher Baethge ,
• Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo ,
• Frank Frizelle ,
• Laragh Gollogy ,
• Sabine Kleinert ,
• Elizabeth Loder ,
• João Monteiro ,
• Eric J. Rubin ,
• Peush Sahni ,
• Christina C. Wee ,
• Jin-Hong Yoo ,
• Lilia Zakhama x

Affiliations

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

Sabine Kleinert

Deputy Editor, The Lancet

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, India

Christina C. Wee

Secretary, International Committee of Medical Journal Editors, and Senior Deputy Editor, Annals of Internal Medicine

Jin-Hong Yoo

Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Korean Medical Science

Lilia Zakhama x

Editor-in-Chief, La Tunisie Médicale