Abuse of peer review process by sham authors

• Main Authors: T., Senthil Kumar, Sorooshian, Shahryar
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: European Association of Science Editors (EASE) 2020
• Subjects: H Social Sciences (General)
• Online Access: http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/29016/1/ESE_article_53890_en_1.pdf; http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/29016/; https://doi.org/10.3897/ese.2020.e53890; https://doi.org/10.3897/ese.2020.e53890
• Institution: Universiti Malaysia Pahang

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...