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Elsevier journals ask Retraction Watch to review COVID-19 papers – Retraction Watch (Ivan Oransky | March 2021)

Posted by Dr Gary Allen in Human Research Ethics, Research Integrity on March 11, 2021
Keywords: Beneficence, Human research ethics, International, Journal, Medical research, Merit and integrity, Publication ethics, Research integrity, Research results
A flashlight shining onto the word "UNCERTAINTY" while an investigator spies with a magnifying glass and virus cells fall

At the risk of breaking the Fourth Wall, here’s a story about peer reviews that weren’t — and shouldn’t have been.

We are huge fans of the work done by Retraction Watch. We send them financial contributions periodically and we encourage members of the AHRECS community to consider doing the same. We are absolutely thrilled by this news and completely support the efforts to ensure the integrity of this body of work. We have included links to six related items.

Since mid-February, four different Elsevier journals have invited me to review papers about COVID-19. Now, it is true that we will occasionally review — often with our researcher, Alison Abritis — papers on retractions and closely related issues. And at the risk of creating more work for ourselves, we often wonder who exactly reviewed some of the papers we see published, given how badly they mangle retraction data.

These manuscripts, however, had nothing whatsoever to do with retractions. In case you need evidence, here it is:

  • “COVID-19 during pregnancy: Challenges, management and mitigation strategies,” submitted to the Journal of Infection and Public Health
  • “ZnO-based surface photocatalyst disinfectant of COVID-19: A sustainable, efficient and economic technique in higher-risk areas and crowded-spaces,” submitted to Environmental Challenges
  • “COVID-19: socio-economic impacts and challenges in the working group,” submitted to Heliyon
  • “Nonlinear Combinational Dynamic Transmission Rate Model and Its Application in Global COVID-19 Epidemic Prediction and Analysis,” submitted to Results in Physics

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Related Reading

Changes in the Scientific Information Environment During the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Importance of Scientific Situational Awareness in Responding to the Infodemic – Mary Ann Liebert, Inc (John K. Iskander | December 2020)

(US) The pandemic is rewriting the rules of science. But at what cost? – The Washington Post (Frances Stead Sellers | October 2020)

Covid-19 Research Scandals Illustrate What’s Wrong With Science – Elemental (Dana G Smith | August 2020)

Despite its big COVID moment, science is in crisis – Crickey (Stephen Bartos | August 2020)

Rushing Science in the Face of a Pandemic Is Understandable but Risky

Assuring research integrity during a pandemic – BMJopinion (Gowri Gopalakrishna, et al | June 2020)

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