Is the continued claim of indexing in Publons by journals a predatory publishing characteristic?

JAT da Silva - Current Problems in Diagnostic Radiology, 2023 - Elsevier
A recent article by Mathew et al.(2022) in this journal debates the important issue of honest
versus predatory radiology journals. In this letter, I expand the debate by Mathew et …

Emerging plagiarism in peer-review evaluation reports: a tip of the iceberg?

M Piniewski, I Jarić, D Koutsoyiannis, ZW Kundzewicz - Scientometrics, 2024 - Springer
The phenomenon of plagiarism in peer-review evaluation reports remained surprisingly
unrecognized, despite a notable rise of such cases in recent years. This study reports …

Are lessons being learnt from the replication crisis or will the revolution devour its children? Open Q science from the editor's perspective

S Hüttel, S Hess - Q Open, 2024 - academic.oup.com
The scientific production system is crucial in how global challenges are addressed.
However, scholars have recently begun to voice concerns about structural inefficiencies …

The clarivate controversy: how CiteScore rank provides a response to arbitrary delisting

K Zaman - 2023 - mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de
Clarivate Analytics, a leading provider of scientific and scholarly research solutions, recently
announced the delisting 82 journals from its Web of Science core collection. This decision …

Spotting potential reviewers for interdisciplinary research: insights on active reviewers from Publons

L Zhang, Z Tu, Y Yu, Y Shang, Y Huang - Scientometrics, 2024 - Springer
The increasing significance of interdisciplinary research poses a challenge in evaluating its
quality and emphasizes the need for academic journals to choose appropriate reviewers for …

The effect East Asian researcher's academic performance on international journal review and editing activities

J Cho - Scientometrics, 2024 - Springer
This study analyzed whether the number and influence of academic papers published by
East Asian researchers affect the peer review and editing activities of international academic …

Research, publishing or a challenge?

L Fiorillo, V Mehta - International Journal of Surgery Open, 2023 - journals.lww.com
2 inserted into university and academic contexts. The first aspect that characterizes a
scientific publication is objectivity. The results and explanations of the procedures are …

the evolving landscape of peer review

E Mogaji - Journal of Services Marketing, 2024 - emerald.com
Purpose The purpose of this viewpoint is to spotlight the role of reviewers within the
collaborative triad of academic publishing. It argues that the significance of reviewers is …

Against “silent” retractions in neuroscience

JA Teixeira da Silva, T Daly - European Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
When an academic paper is published in a journal that assigns a digital object identifier
(DOI) to papers, this is a de facto fait accompli. Corrections or retractions are supposed to …

Prospects and Importance of Training Needs in Peer Review Models

S Singh, AC Sharma, PK Chaurasia, V Kumar… - … Ecosystem: An Author …, 2024 - Springer
Since the eighteenth century, formal peer review has been an integral part of the scientific
publishing process. Considering the timeline and discipline, guidelines and practices of …