Predatory Publications Bias the Findings of Orthodontic Meta-analyses

Researchers examined how often predatory or suspect journal publications appear in orthodontic systematic reviews with meta-analyses (2020–2023) and found they were present in one-third of meta-analyses, with removal of these studies changing pooled effect estimates in most cases.

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