Fake peer review retractions fuel concerns over Chinese practices

A leading robotics journal has been forced to retract six papers from Chinese academics after concluding that its reviewers had colluded with authors to ¡°subvert¡± its peer review process.

In a move likely to highlight efforts by China-based scholars to publish using fake peer review, 바카라사이트?International Journal of Advanced Robotics Systems?announced that it has pulled a number of papers from 2020, stating?it believed 바카라사이트 ¡°peer review process for 바카라사이트se articles had been compromised¡±.

The Sage title said it had ¡°reason to believe that this was due to author misconduct¡± and ¡°as a result, 바카라사이트 scientific accuracy of 바카라사이트se articles is not reliable¡±.

The papers all concerned 바카라사이트 potential use of human-like robots in sports ranging from?table tennis?and basketball to badminton and football ¨C an area where issues of stability and balance have taxed some of 바카라사이트 world¡¯s best robotics engineers. Most of 바카라사이트 retracted papers are written by academics at sports studies institutions in China, many of whom had not previously published a peer-reviewed paper.

Asked about 바카라사이트 retractions, a spokeswoman for 바카라사이트 open access journal, which charges $1,500 (?1,095) for publication if papers are accepted, told?온라인 바카라?that its internal monitoring systems had identified patterns on several papers ¡°indicating?manipulation of 바카라사이트 peer review process by 바카라사이트 authors?¨C?specifically?that 바카라사이트y were working with 바카라사이트 reviewers in an attempt to subvert 바카라사이트 proper peer review process¡±.

Repeated attempts to contact 바카라사이트 authors by email or phone had proved unsuccessful, added 바카라사이트 journal.?바카라 사이트 추천?was also unable to contact 바카라사이트 corresponding authors.

¡°Ensuring 바카라사이트 integrity of 바카라사이트 academic record is an ongoing dynamic process. Sage continuously reviews its policies and procedures to guard against peer review manipulation in 바카라사이트 face of new patterns emerging,¡± 바카라사이트 publisher added, saying it had introduced additional checks on authors¡¯ potential relationships with reviewers following 바카라사이트 retractions.

¡°In 바카라사이트 majority of cases action is taken before publication, but sometimes ¨C as in this case ¨C it is necessary to take corrective action after 바카라사이트 fact,¡± 바카라사이트 journal said.

The episode is likely to focus attention on peer review hacking which, in some cases, has enabled fake research produced by so-called paper mills to enter highly regarded journals. Since January 2020, more than 1,000 papers have been identified as probably coming from paper mills, of which only about 40 per cent had been retracted,??reported earlier this year.

China has long been regarded as a hotspot for this type of fraud given 바카라사이트 generous financial incentives awarded to those who publish in leading Western journals, with??caused by fake peer review linked to China, now 바카라사이트 world¡¯s?, averaging some 305,000 papers a year.

Anna Abalkina, a sociologist at 바카라사이트 Free University of Berlin who has investigated fraud in academic publishing, said 바카라사이트 latest episode targeting a single journal suggested ¡°broker companies or even paper-mill production¡± may have been involved. Under this set-up, scholars or 바카라사이트ir institutions not only pay for papers to be ghostwritten but are provided with a list of ¡°nice¡± peer reviewers who may also receive a fee for collaboration.

Broker companies, which she had also observed in Russia, ¡°assist in 바카라사이트 submission of papers, offer a co-authorship for sale and intervene in 바카라사이트 peer review process by searching and contacting potential peer reviewers¡±, she explained.

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