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FYI - Reviewer fraud

December 10th, 2024, by Guy Harris

Pre-publication peer reviewer has so many problems. Here's something new - financial fraud.

[Japanese translation: I am an editor-in-chief for an open-access journal. A submitted paper had a reviewer that contacted the author and asked for cash in return for a favorable review. Thanks to the author for calling this to our attention.]

One solution is double-blinded review, which a few journals now provide. Another is open-access post-publication review.

Have you ever encountered this problem?