Roundup: Fake Peer Review: Springer Retracts 64 Articles While SAGE Retracts 17 Articles
Two items follow.
1. “Springer Retracts 64 Articles From 10 Publications”
After a thorough investigation we have strong reason to believe that the peer review process on these 64 articles was compromised. We reported this to the Committee on Publishing Ethics (COPE) immediately. Attempts to manipulate peer review have affected journals across a number of publishers as detailed by COPE in their December 2014 statement.
Read the Complete Statement
Direct to Additional Info via Retraction Watch Including a List of the Articles Retracted
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2. “17 Retractions From SAGE journals Bring Total Fake Peer Review Count to 250” (via Retraction Watch)
Here are the five journals, with retraction totals:
- Perfusion – 9
- Journal of Thermoplastic Composite Materials – 3
- Journal of Vibration and Control – 2
- International Journal of Damage Mechanics – 2
- Proceedings of the IMechE, Part E: Journal of Process Mechanical Engineering – 1
Read the Complete Article
Coverage
Sage Pulls More Papers for Fake Peer Review (via The Scientist)
Another Mass Retraction [Springer] (via The Scientist)
See Also: New Research Article: “Retraction Policies of Top Scientific Journals Ranked by Impact Factor” (July 31, 2015)
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About Gary Price
Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com.
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