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Accepted for/Published in: JMIR Public Health and Surveillance

Date Submitted: Apr 27, 2025
Date Accepted: Aug 19, 2025

The final, peer-reviewed published version of this preprint can be found here:

Let’s Talk aBOT Scam Online Survey Completions in Health Behavior Research: Tutorial With Case Studies, Practical Guidance, and a Checklist for Researchers

Arundell L, Salmon J, Walsh A, Dullaghan K, Cheng H, Baker T, Teychenne M, Schuch F, Tornquist D, Timperio A

Let’s Talk aBOT Scam Online Survey Completions in Health Behavior Research: Tutorial With Case Studies, Practical Guidance, and a Checklist for Researchers

JMIR Public Health Surveill 2025;11:e76622

DOI: 10.2196/76622

PMID: 41439662

PMCID: 12780700

Warning: This is an author submission that is not peer-reviewed or edited. Preprints - unless they show as "accepted" - should not be relied on to guide clinical practice or health-related behavior and should not be reported in news media as established information.

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