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(South Africa) Publish, profit, predate, perish and peer review – University World News (Patrick Fish | October 2020)

Posted by Dr Gary Allen in Research Integrity on October 31, 2020
Keywords: Biomedical, Medical research, Merit and integrity, Peer review, Research integrity, Research results, Researcher responsibilities

The Linked Original Item was Posted On October 8, 2020

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From the COVID-19 ‘infodemic’, dubious practices from peer reviewers to academics and predatory publishers, the South African Journal of Science’s latest edition sets out to detail the measures in place to mitigate against ‘bad, fast science’ and ensure the integrity of critical academic citizenhood.

The authors are diverse in their opinions but forward a range of generally appreciative perspectives on the importance (and often thankless task) of the peer reviewer. It also exposes, directly and indirectly, a series of practices that paint a sometimes nefarious picture of the publishing academic.

Crowd authoring, the gaming of the system, predatory publishing, unethical and racist research, and the ever-absent reviewer are all examples of what goes on behind the scenes in academic publishing. And as in the ‘mirror-verse’ to Fox News, publishing has given rise to what the Lancet Infectious Diseases terms as the ‘COVID-19 infodemic’, where individuals re-imagine themselves as COVID specialists and put out research that is ill-conceived, riddled with questionable assumptions, or simply wrong.

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Researcher leads drive for peer reviewing to be paid assignment – Times Higher Education (Grace Browne | October 2020)

How Academic Science Gave Its Soul to the Publishing Industry – Issues in Science and Technology (Mark Neff | January 2020)

The Intellectual and Moral Decline in Academic Research – James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal (Edward Archer | January 2020)

The Rise of Junk Science – The Walrus (Alex Gillis | July 2019)

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