Abuse of peer review process by sham authors

This is a short letter on how the peer review process of many journals is being abused by some sham authors. While it would be difficult for the journals to identify and eliminate manuscripts that are not submitted with a sincere intention to publish, the universities and learning institutions shoul...

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Main Authors: T., Senthil Kumar, Sorooshian, Shahryar
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Language:English
Published: European Association of Science Editors (EASE) 2020
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https://doi.org/10.3897/ese.2020.e53890
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spelling my.ump.umpir.290162020-08-12T03:58:57Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/29016/ Abuse of peer review process by sham authors T., Senthil Kumar Sorooshian, Shahryar H Social Sciences (General) This is a short letter on how the peer review process of many journals is being abused by some sham authors. While it would be difficult for the journals to identify and eliminate manuscripts that are not submitted with a sincere intention to publish, the universities and learning institutions should develop code of ethics to prevent their staff from abusing the journal review process. Imposing submission fee would also act as a deterrent against unscrupulous submissions. European Association of Science Editors (EASE) 2020 Article PeerReviewed pdf en cc_by_4 http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/29016/1/ESE_article_53890_en_1.pdf T., Senthil Kumar and Sorooshian, Shahryar (2020) Abuse of peer review process by sham authors. European Science Editing, 46. p. 1. ISSN 0258-3127 (print); 2518-3354 (online) https://doi.org/10.3897/ese.2020.e53890 https://doi.org/10.3897/ese.2020.e53890
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Abuse of peer review process by sham authors
description This is a short letter on how the peer review process of many journals is being abused by some sham authors. While it would be difficult for the journals to identify and eliminate manuscripts that are not submitted with a sincere intention to publish, the universities and learning institutions should develop code of ethics to prevent their staff from abusing the journal review process. Imposing submission fee would also act as a deterrent against unscrupulous submissions.
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title Abuse of peer review process by sham authors
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publisher European Association of Science Editors (EASE)
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url http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/29016/1/ESE_article_53890_en_1.pdf
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