A bibliometric analysis of 14 simultaneous copies of the ICMJE editorial on predatory publishing: Citation patterns and potential citation opportunities

This dataset supports the bibliometric study “A bibliometric analysis of 14 simultaneous copies of the ICMJE editorial on predatory publishing: Citation patterns and potential citation opportunities.” The dataset includes bibliographic information for 14 simultaneous copies of a 2025 International Committee of Medical Journal Editors editorial on predatory publishing. Data were collected from Web of Science Core Collection, Scopus, PubMed, and Google Scholar. The dataset was used to examine database coverage, citation patterns, metadata discrepancies, and potential citation opportunities associated with simultaneous publication across multiple journals.