107 SCI papers peer review fraud: exclusive response from the president of the top three hospitals
On April 21st, for the in-service graduate student Xiao Li of a famous medical university in the south, the sky almost collapsed.
A few hours ago, one of the world's largest academic publishing houses, Springer Press published a retraction statement announcing the withdrawal of 107 papers published in 2012-2015 due to peer review fraud. These papers are from 125 Chinese research institutions and 4 foreign institutions. Most of the authors of the paper came from major hospitals in China, involving 524 doctors. Even the top hospitals such as Xiehe, Shanghai Huashan Hospital, Xijing Hospital of the Fourth Military Medical University, and Xiangya No.1, No.2 and No.3 Hospital were all spared.
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Xiao Li is the author of one of the papers. He told me that he has contributed to the research of this paper. He said, "But I don't know what to submit, but I don't know if it is submitted through a third-party intermediary. After the hiring, I have not taken this article to judge the award. After the eruption of the paper, I am worried about it all the time."
Xiao Li is not a worrying person. The paper's turbulence caused a strong earthquake in the academic industry. On the 21st, the head of the China Science and Technology Association met with the president of the Springer Publishing Group Greater China.
It is believed that the author and the third-party intermediary do have unshirkable responsibilities, but the internal control mechanism of the publishing group and the journal editor is not perfect, and the audit is not strict, and it should be held responsible. However, the position of the China Association for Science and Technology not only did not receive the evaluation of “speaking fair wordsâ€, but was widely criticized as a reprimand and a lack of introspection.
[What is going on with peer review?]
Many magazines will ask the author to provide contact information for several peer reviewers when they accept the submission. Because the editors are not able to understand all the majors, the experts are involved in the review, which is similar to the nature of guarantee or audit. The editorial director of Springer said that peer review is the cornerstone of quality, integrity and repeatability.
For normal procedures, the author attaches the contact information of the reviewer. The journal can choose whether to use this reviewer or use its own reviewer. The author and the reviewer can or can not know.
Some doctors are not aware of the submission procedures of foreign journals, and they are also worried about the non-standard English translation. Therefore, they will seek the help of third-party companies. In order to increase the publication rate, third-party companies will drive more customers, benefit-driven, and key. A reviewer, a third-party company will provide a virtual expert to provide their own email address to complete the review.
It is understood that most of the articles that have been retracted this time belong to third-party companies.
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