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We evaluated 50 articles published in \u2018predatory open access (OA) journals\u2019 and 100 clinical trials published in legitimate dental journals between 2019 and 2020. The quality of statistical reporting and data presentation of each paper was assessed on a scale from 0 (poor) to 10 (high). The mean (SD) quality score of the statistical reporting and data presentation was 2.5 (1.4) for the predatory OA journals, 4.8 (1.8) for the legitimate OA journals, and 5.6 (1.8) for the more visible dental journals. The mean values differed significantly (p &lt; 0.001). The quality of statistical reporting of clinical studies published in predatory journals was found to be lower than in open access and highly cited journals. This difference in quality is a wake-up call to consume study results critically. Poor statistical reporting indicates wider general lower quality in publications where the authors and journals are less likely to be critiqued by peer review.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/e23040468","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,4,16]],"date-time":"2021-04-16T10:20:11Z","timestamp":1618568411000},"page":"468","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":14,"title":["The Quality of Statistical Reporting and Data Presentation in Predatory Dental Journals Was Lower Than in Non-Predatory Journals"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"23","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0591-586X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Pentti","family":"Nieminen","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Medical Informatics and Data Analysis Research Group, University of Oulu, 90014 Oulu, Finland"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0684-2025","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Sergio E.","family":"Uribe","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Conservative Dentistry and Oral Health, Riga Stradins University, LV-1007 Riga, Latvia"},{"name":"School of Dentistry, Universidad Austral de Chile, Rudloff, Valdivia 1640, Chile"},{"name":"Baltic Biomaterials Centre of Excellence, Headquarters at Riga Technical University, LV-1658 Riga, Latvia"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,4,16]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1977","DOI":"10.1056\/NEJM200511033531823","article-title":"Statistical Methods in the Journal","volume":"353","author":"Horton","year":"2005","journal-title":"N. 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