The state of the scientific peer review process

Today we are talking about the academic scientific peer review process, which ordinarily involves a journal sending a submitted paper out to other experts for assessment before they decide to publish the article, something which has become part of the normal process for and sign of a quality academic scientific journal.

This subject is increasingly important as more and more high-profile and impactful research articles are being retracted or placed under editorial “notices of concern” both in Australia and overseas. 

To learn more, Cosmos journalist Clare Kenyon talks to Dr Ivan Oransky, an acclaimed journalist and one of the creators of Retraction Watch, a site and database which collates, lists and discusses retractions and editorial notes of concern placed on peer-review journal article publications, and also Dr Elisabeth Bik, a Dutch-US microbiologist and image consultant especially renowned for her ability to detect image duplication and manipulation.”

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