Predatory Journals and Authors in the Age of AI: An Emerging Threat to Pediatric Research [Editorial]
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Al-Motlaq, M
Foster, M
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Journal Article
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Elsevier BV
Description
Predatory publishing has long been recognized as a threat to scientific integrity, particularly in health sciences (Camargo et al., 2023;
Chandra & Dasgupta, 2024). Although only a small proportion of pediatric articles appear in predatory journals (Kokol et al., 2018), even limited numbers can distort evidence, mislead clinicians, and undermine
trust in scientific evidence-based research (Betz, 2016). An issue considered by Van Loon and Van Loon (2024) as a threat to society.
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1110 Nursing, 1114 Paediatrics and Reproductive Medicine, Nursing, 3213 Paediatrics, 4205 Nursing
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Journal of Pediatric Nursing, ISSN: 0882-5963 (Print), Elsevier BV. doi: 10.1016/j.pedn.2025.12.018
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This is the Author's Accepted Manuscript of an editorial published in the Journal of Pediatric Nursing © 2025 Elsevier Inc. The Version of Record is available at DOI: 10.1016/j.pedn.2025.12.018