Identifying Fraudulent Responses and Imposters in Research Recruitment of Subjects Through Social Media

Kashica J. Webber-Ritchey, Felisha Ally, Sandra Galura, Jacalyn Buck, Cindy Brockway, Esther Chipps, Tiffany Ponder, Shannon D. Simonovich, Roxanne S. Spurlark, Barbara Vancil, Cheryl Monturo

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DOI: 10.1097/nna.0000000000001596
Published: 2025-07
Container: JONA: The Journal of Nursing Administration
Publisher: Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
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BibTeX

@article{allodium:10.1097/nna.0000000000001596,
  title = {Identifying Fraudulent Responses and Imposters in Research Recruitment of Subjects Through Social Media},
  author = {Kashica J. Webber-Ritchey and Felisha Ally and Sandra Galura and Jacalyn Buck and Cindy Brockway and Esther Chipps and Tiffany Ponder and Shannon D. Simonovich and Roxanne S. Spurlark and Barbara Vancil and Cheryl Monturo},
  year = {2025},
  journal = {JONA: The Journal of Nursing Administration},
  doi = {10.1097/nna.0000000000001596},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1097/nna.0000000000001596}
}

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TI  - Identifying Fraudulent Responses and Imposters in Research Recruitment of Subjects Through Social Media
AU  - Kashica J. Webber-Ritchey
AU  - Felisha Ally
AU  - Sandra Galura
AU  - Jacalyn Buck
AU  - Cindy Brockway
AU  - Esther Chipps
AU  - Tiffany Ponder
AU  - Shannon D. Simonovich
AU  - Roxanne S. Spurlark
AU  - Barbara Vancil
AU  - Cheryl Monturo
PY  - 2025
JO  - JONA: The Journal of Nursing Administration
DO  - 10.1097/nna.0000000000001596
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Webber-Ritchey, K. J., Ally, F., Galura, S., Buck, J., Brockway, C., Chipps, E., Ponder, T., Simonovich, S. D., Spurlark, R. S., Vancil, B., & Monturo, C. (2025). Identifying Fraudulent Responses and Imposters in Research Recruitment of Subjects Through Social Media. JONA: The Journal of Nursing Administration. https://doi.org/10.1097/nna.0000000000001596

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