D Jeremy Barsell, Robin S Everhart, Paul B Perrin
Refining the Factor Structure of the All Aspects of Health Literacy Scale
American journal of health behavior
academic publishing cornerstone scholarly communications yet unfortunately open abuse given rise predatory publishers groups employ aggressive marketing tactics deficient methods ethics bypass peer review preventing predatory publishers infiltrating scholarly activity high importance students must trained area increase awareness reduce use scope issue context medical students remains unknown therefore sought examine breadth current literature base rapid scoping review undertaken adhering adapted prisma guidelines six databases assia ebsco ovid pubmed scopus web science systematically searched content related predatory publishing medical students results singlescreened facilitated online reviewing software resultant data narratively described common themes identified searching screening five studies included representing total 1338 students two predominant themes understanding utilisation predatory publishers identified themes revealed medical students broadly unaware issue predatory publishing small number already would consider using services remains lack understanding threat predatory publishers pose amongst medical students future research education domain required focus informing medical students issue implication engaging predatory publishers