This page collects WhisperX intelligence signals tagged #Peer Review. It is designed for humans, search engines, and AI agents: each item links to a canonical source-backed record with sector, source, timestamp, credibility, and exportable structured data.
Timothy Lee of Macau University of Science and Technology was named editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Tourism Research (IJTR) in 2023. On Feb. 18, a researcher in Italy sent a disgruntled email to the journal's editorial board. Salvatore Bimonte had waited more than a year for his manuscript to be peer-re...
Chemist Hitler Louis (also known as Louis Hitler Muzong) is nearing 35 retractions within just 24 months, earning a place on Retraction Watch's leaderboard. The problematic papers, primarily published in Elsevier and Royal Society of Chemistry journals, exhibit a range of serious issues as cited in retraction notices. ...
The journal Paediatrics & Child Health, published by the Canadian Paediatric Society, has issued corrections on 138 case reports published over the past 25 years to add a disclaimer stating the cases described are fictional. The articles, part of the Canadian Paediatric Surveillance Program series published since 2000,...
The integrity of scientific publishing faces a multi-front crisis, with new data revealing systemic vulnerabilities. The Retraction Watch Database now tracks over 63,000 retractions, while a new tool, the Hijacked Journal Checker, has identified more than 400 fraudulent publications. This week's developments highlight ...
Крупная конференция по машинному обучению ICLR 2026 отклонила 497 научных статей из-за подозрений в использовании искусственного интеллекта для написания рецензий. Это беспрецедентная массовая чистка, основанная на работе автоматических детекторов с заявленной точностью «выше 95%». Однако ситуация оказалась значительно...
A major genetics journal has retracted nearly an entire special issue, citing an 'irreparably compromised' peer review process and 'improbable device use.' The BMJ's Journal of Medical Genetics pulled seven of the eight papers from its 2019 special issue, including an editorial that primarily referenced the now-retract...
The foundational pillars of scientific publishing are showing deep cracks, with a cascade of high-profile retractions, allegations of fraud, and institutional rebellion. This week saw 45 editors resign en masse from a mathematics journal, with the former editor-in-chief publicly labeling publisher Elsevier a 'mini-dict...
A newly compiled dataset has quantified what many in academia have long suspected: fake authorship on research papers is available at nearly any price point. The dataset, called BuyTheBy, represents the first systematic attempt to map the commercial market for paper mill products, drawing from more than 18,000 text-bas...