Retracted
2015-08-19 16:25:41.789057+00 by Dan Lyke 0 comments
A few months ago, BioMed Central reported on inappropriate manipulation of peer review:
During the course of our investigation, authors have shared with us the names of third-party agencies that offer support to authors but also guarantee favourable peer review outcomes in return for a fee. Other services sell authorship on entire papers written by others. Clearly, there is a need to distinguish the characteristics of reputable third-party agencies from those that are dishonest (in much the same way that bona fide open access publishers can be distinguished from those that are predatory).
BMC is a Springer imprint. Press Release: Retraction of articles from Springer journals.
Springer confirms that 64 articles are being retracted from 10 Springer subscription journals, after editorial checks spotted fake email addresses, and subsequent internal investigations uncovered fabricated peer review reports. ...
Via Washington Post: Major publisher retracts 64 scientific papers in fake peer review outbreak.