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Table 1 Distribution of the total of e-mail invitations received within 12 months per type of requested contribution and predatory journal classification

From: “Dear Doctor, greetings of the day!”: A 1-year observational study of presumed predatory journal invitations

Contribution type

N

%

Article submission

831

94.97

Editorial board membership

17

1.94

Article review

3

0.34

Article submission/Editorial board membership

12

1.37

Article submission/Editorial board membership/Article review

2

0.24

Editorial board membership/Article review

10

1.14

Total

875

100.00

Journal classification

N

%

Presumed predatory journals

669

76.46

Presumed non-predatory journals

206

23.54

Total

875

100.00