Published on in Vol 14 (2025)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/60548, first published .
Effective Recruitment or Bot Attack? The Challenge of Internet-Based Research Surveys and Recommendations to Reduce Risk and Improve Robustness

Effective Recruitment or Bot Attack? The Challenge of Internet-Based Research Surveys and Recommendations to Reduce Risk and Improve Robustness

Effective Recruitment or Bot Attack? The Challenge of Internet-Based Research Surveys and Recommendations to Reduce Risk and Improve Robustness

Liesje Donkin   1 , BSc, MSc(Hons), PGDipHlthPsych, PGDipArts(Dist), PGDipClinPsych, PhD ;   Nathan Henry   2 , BTech, MSc ;   Amy Kercher   1 , BPsych(Hons), GDipClinPsychSci, PhD ;   Mangor Pedersen   1 , BA, MSc, PhD ;   Holly Wilson   3 , BSocSci(Hons), MSc ;   Amy Hai Yan Chan   3 , BPharm(Hons), PhD

1 Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand

2 School of Psychological Sciences, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia

3 School of Pharmacy, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

Corresponding Author:

  • Liesje Donkin, BSc, MSc(Hons), PGDipHlthPsych, PGDipArts(Dist), PGDipClinPsych, PhD
  • Department of Psychology and Neuroscience
  • Auckland University of Technology
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  • Auckland, 1142
  • New Zealand
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  • Email: liesje.donkin@aut.ac.nz