Predatory, N = 93, n (%) | Open Access, N = 99, n (%) | Subscription-based, N = 100, n (%) | ||
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Country name in journal title differs from country listed in ‘contact us’a | Yes | 11/21 (52.38) | 4/13 (30.77) | 1/31 (3.23) |
Country named in contact addressb | Top 5 listed (n)e | India (40) UK (5) USA (4) Romania (3) Bulgaria (2) | UK (34) South Korea (9) Iran (5) New Zealand (4) Germany (3) | USA (66) UK (16) Australia (1) Canada (1) New Zealand (1) |
Addresses in low/low- to middle-income countriesf | 48/64 (75.00%) | 18/92 (19.56%) | 0/83 (0.00%) | |
‘Contact us’ mechanism | Email address | 90 (96.77) | 91 (91.92) | 87 (87.00) |
Fillable web form | 42 (45.16) | 22 (22.22) | 25 (25.00) | |
No contact apparent | 1 (1.08) | 1 (1.01) | 7 (7.00) | |
Non-professional email address provided (e.g., Yahoo, Google, AOL)c | Yes | 57/90 (63.33) | 9/91 (9.89) | 5/87 (5.75) |
Email address provided for Editor-in-Chiefd | Yes | 39/71 (54.93) | 23/82 (28.05) | 29/91 (31.87) |