A cross-sectional study of predatory publishing emails received by career development grant awardees.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVE:To investigate the scope of academic spam emails (ASEs) among career development grant awardees and the factors associated with the amount of time spent addressing them. DESIGN:A cross-sectional survey of career development grant investigators via an anonymous online survey was conducted. In addition to demographic and professional information, we asked investigators to report the number of ASEs received each day, how they determined whether these emails were spam and time they spent per day addressing them. We used bivariate analysis to assess factors associated with the amount of time spent on ASEs. SETTING:An online survey sent via email on three separate occasions between November and December 2016. PARTICIPANTS:All National Institutes of Health career development awardees fu

SUBMITTER: Wilkinson TA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6530445 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature