Brewing Scandal in Peer-Reviewed Journals

[SteamKing]

According to this article in the Washington Post, a peer-reviewed journal is retracting dozens of papers en mass because a 'peer-review ring' which used fake e-mail addresses and reviewers using multiple aliases gave these papers friendly reviews:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...etracts-60-articles-smashes-peer-review-ring/

 

[nsaspook]

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