Peer review is not a numbers game
A common misconception about peer review While working as an editor I once rejected a manuscript after obtaining two positive peer reviewer reports and one negative report. This is because the negative report raised issues about the methodology used in…
Ambiguous editor-publisher relationships are a perfect target for paper mills
Paper mills are bribing editors A couple of recent articles, here and here, describe the discovery that paper mills are bribing editors to take part in paper mill activity. It brings to light something that publisher research integrity teams and…
Research integrity strategy for journal editors and publishers
The process of investigating and resolving an allegation of misconduct often takes months and sometimes years. There are many reasons for this. When an allegation is made, questions need to be asked, information gathered, expert opinions sought and points and…