An overview of studies assessing predatory journals within the biomedical sciences.

Objective: The proliferation of predatory journals (PJs) poses challenges to the integrity and reliability of scientific research. This study provides a comprehensive overview of studies assessing predatory practices in the biomedical sciences and the evaluation of their methodologies.

Methods: We systematically searched three databases: PubMed, Web of Science and Scopus.

A comprehensive overview of studies that assessed article retractions within the biomedical sciences.

This study aims to provide a comprehensive overview of previous research that has investigated retractions within the biomedical fields and assess their methodological quality. We searched three major electronic databases for articles on retractions within the biomedical field: PubMed, Web of Science, and Scopus. In total, 162 articles were included in the analysis.