Showing posts with label faulty peer review. Show all posts
Showing posts with label faulty peer review. Show all posts

Monday, October 7, 2013

Open-Access Journals Hit By Journalist's Sting; NPR, 10/4/13

NPR; Open-Access Journals Hit By Journalist's Sting: "Although many open-access scientific journals claim the articles they publish are subject to peer review, that doesn't always happen. Science magazine contributor John Bohannon sent out bogus papers about a fictitious cancer experiment, papers that should have raised red flags. But more than 150 journals offered to publish his work. Bohannon talks to Renee Montagne about the implications of his sting operation."