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Table 1 Demographic features and general characteristics of the entire cohort study

From: Distance education as a tool to improve researchers’ knowledge on predatory journals in countries with limited resources: the Moroccan experience

Features

% (n)

Age

 Median (IQR) = 29 (8)

 Mean (± SD) = 30.83 (6.87)

 Missing data: n = 21

Gender

 Male

46.6 (103)

 Female

53.4 (118)

 I prefer not to answer

0

Academic level

 PhD student

68.8 (152)

 PhD researcher

23.1 (51)

 Master student/master holder

4.1 (9)

 Postdoctoral fellow

0.5 (1)

 University professor

1.8 (4)

 MD/medical student

1.8 (4)

Involvement of respondents’ affiliations in research

 Yes

85.8 (1047)

 No

2.2 (27)

 I don’t know

12 (146)

Publication records in peer-reviewed journals

 Yes

33 (73)

 No

67 (148)

  1. MD Medical doctorate, PhD Philosophy doctorate, SD Standard deviation, IQR Interquartile range. Details on participants' affiliations can be found in Supplemental Material 3