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How I was nearly duped into “authoring” a fake paper

BMJ 2015; 351 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.h6605 (Published 08 December 2015) Cite this as: BMJ 2015;351:h6605

Article usage

Article metrics provide readers and authors with an indication of how often a specific article has been accessed month by month. It counts three formats - abstract/extract, full text and pdf. The page is updated each day.

Usage statistics: January 2018 to April 2024

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AbstractFullPdf
Jan 20183411
Feb 20183610
Mar 20181541
Apr 20182572
May 201822113
Jun 20184852
Jul 20182510
Aug 20182472
Sep 20184051
Oct 20183920
Nov 20182250
Dec 20182421
Jan 20196881
Feb 20192921
Mar 20191073
Apr 20191911
May 20191543
Jun 2019710
Jul 2019500
Aug 20192220
Oct 20195720
Nov 20192300
Dec 20191210
Jan 20203113
Feb 2020900
Mar 20201432
May 20205141
Jun 20203201
Jul 20202601
Aug 20202515
Sep 20204700
Oct 20203842
Nov 20201130
Dec 20202320
Jan 20212621
Feb 20211800
Mar 20214000
Apr 20213920
May 20211600
Jun 20212500
Jul 20213420
Aug 20214541
Sep 20213010
Oct 20213410
Nov 20212212
Dec 20211910
Jan 20221800
Feb 20222521
Mar 20222841
Apr 20223200
May 20221700
Jun 20222850
Jul 20222200
Aug 20222342
Sep 2022330
Oct 20224631
Nov 20222011
Dec 2022800
Jan 2023900
Feb 20232241
Mar 2023511
Apr 20231920
May 20231320
Jun 20234200
Jul 20231530
Aug 2023500
Sep 20231000
Oct 20231211
Nov 20231011
Dec 20236520
Jan 20247650
Feb 20245031
Mar 20243732
Apr 20241410
Total195016154