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A 24-item questionnaire was developed and distributed electronically.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n RESULTS<\/jats:title>\n A total of 140 physicians and pharmacists participated in the study. No responses were received from dentists. A majority, 93% (130\/140), reported having presented posters at conferences and 91% (127\/140) reported having published scientific articles. Overall, 59% (82\/140) of the respondents reported being aware of the phenomenon of predatory solicitations, but only 14% (20\/140) were familiar with Beall\u2019s list of predatory journals, and 16% (23\/140) had used tools to verify the integrity or legitimacy of a journal. Two-thirds of respondents (94\/140) reported that they had received predatory solicitations by email. Only 1% (2\/140) reported presenting a poster at a conference, later identified as predatory, while 6% (9\/140) reported that they had published in a predatory journal.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n CONCLUSIONS<\/jats:title>\n Physicians and pharmacists at the study hospital were exposed to predatory solicitations. The results underscore the urgent need for targeted education and awareness initiatives to safeguard scientific integrity within the pediatric community.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.5863\/jppt-25-00145","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,10,12]],"date-time":"2026-10-12T12:50:50Z","timestamp":1791809450000},"page":"659-665","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Physicians\u2019 and Pharmacists\u2019 Awareness, Exposure, and Perception Regarding Predatory Solicitations at a Mother-Child Teaching Hospital"],"prefix":"10.5863","volume":"31","author":[{"given":"Juliette","family":"Mutin","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Pharmacy Practice Research Unit (JM, J-FB), CHU Sainte-Justine, Department of Surgery (ML), CHU Sainte-Justine, Scientific Library (PD), CHU Sainte-Justine, Montr\u00e9al, Qu\u00e9bec, Canada"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Michel","family":"Lallier","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Pharmacy Practice Research Unit (JM, J-FB), CHU Sainte-Justine, Department of Surgery (ML), CHU Sainte-Justine, Scientific Library (PD), CHU Sainte-Justine, Montr\u00e9al, Qu\u00e9bec, Canada"},{"name":"Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine (ML), Universit\u00e9 de Montr\u00e9al, Faculty of Pharmacy (J-FB), Universit\u00e9 de Montr\u00e9al, Montr\u00e9al, Qu\u00e9bec, Canada"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Philippe","family":"Dodin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Pharmacy Practice Research Unit (JM, J-FB), CHU Sainte-Justine, Department of Surgery (ML), CHU Sainte-Justine, Scientific Library (PD), CHU Sainte-Justine, Montr\u00e9al, Qu\u00e9bec, Canada"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jean-Fran\u00e7ois","family":"Bussi\u00e8res","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Pharmacy Practice Research Unit (JM, J-FB), CHU Sainte-Justine, Department of Surgery (ML), CHU Sainte-Justine, Scientific Library (PD), CHU Sainte-Justine, Montr\u00e9al, Qu\u00e9bec, Canada"},{"name":"Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine (ML), Universit\u00e9 de Montr\u00e9al, Faculty of Pharmacy (J-FB), Universit\u00e9 de Montr\u00e9al, Montr\u00e9al, Qu\u00e9bec, Canada"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"3883","reference":[{"issue":"7","key":"JPPT-25-00145-b01","series-title":"Cureus","first-page":"e64674","article-title":"Investigating country-specific perceptions of predatory journals and their impact on scholarly integrity: a systematic review","volume":"16","author":"Martinino","year":"2024","unstructured":"Martinino A, Campagnoli G, Dallavalle S, et al. 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