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First published 2024

Fraudulent Participation in Online Qualitative Studies: Practical Recommendations on an Emerging Phenomenon

Khaylen Mistry, Sophie Merrick, Melissa Cabecinha [...]

Qualitative Health Research

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Research article

First published 2026

Detecting and Mitigating Fraudulent Participation: Lessons Learned from a Mixed Methods Study

Michelle Lamont, Ligyana Korki de Candido, Delane Linkiewich [...]

Journal of Mixed Methods Research

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Research article

First published 2021-9

Suspicious and fraudulent online survey participation: Introducing the REAL framework

Jennifer Lawlor, Carl Thomas, Andrew T Guhin [...]

Methodological Innovations

Retricted access

Research article

First published 2025-4

Methods to reduce fraudulent participation and highlight autistic voices in research

Meghan E Carey, Kiley J McLean, Kyle Chvasta [...]

Autism

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Research article

First published 2025-10

Scammer Participants and AI-Assisted Interviews in Qualitative Health Research: An Example From a Study of Expectant Parents With a Rare Genetic Condition

Gamze Kaplan, Shruti Garg, Ming Wai Wan [...]

International Journal of Qualitative Methods

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Research article

First published 2026-1

Online Survey Researchers’ Experience With Fraudulent Responders

Amy M. Schuster, Shubham Agrawal, Gwendolyn Paige Watson [...]

Sage Open

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Research article

First published 2025-6

Management of imposter participants when conducting online research with victim-survivors and perpetrators of violence

Fiona C Giles, Mandy McKenzie, Minerva Kyei-Nimakoh [...]

Methodological Innovations

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Research article

First published 2025-4

Remote interviewing,accessibility,and scams: Notes on a case of fraudulent responses to a recruitment flyer

M. Ariel Cascio

Qualitative Research

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Research article

First published 2024-7

“It Is No Big Deal!”: Fraud Diamond Theory as an Explanatory Model for Understanding Students’ Academic Fraudulent Behavior

Eva Dias-Oliveira, Catarina Morais, Rita Pasion [...]

Sage Open

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Research article

First published 2025-04

Imposter Participants? Towards a Reflexive Epistemology of ‘Suspected Participants’

Jaime Garcia-Iglesias, Brian Heaphy, Neta Yodovich [...]

International Journal of Qualitative Methods

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