Hacked Review System Leads To Fake Reviews and Retraction of Scientific Papers

dstates writes "Retraction Watch reports that fake reviewer information was placed in Elsevier's peer review database allowing unethical authors to review their own or colleagues manuscripts. As a result, 11 scientific publications have been retracted. The hack is particularly embarrassing for Elsevier because the commercial publisher has been arguing that the quality of its review process justifies its restrictive access policies and high costs of the journals it publishes."

So, it turns out that whole climate change thing..

[Anonymous Coward]

Is actually not real. Sorry about that.

MOD PARENT UP

[telchine]

MOD PARENT UP (because he's a friend of mine and he promised he'd get my next comment modded up).

Apologies in advance

[Anonymous Coward]

I guess academics should publish elsevier.

Re:Publish or Perish

[JustOK]

It's Dr. Hot Shit. The PhD wasn't honorary.

Re:Apologies in advance

[Anonymous Coward]

I guess academics should publish elsevier.

Dear Professor Coward,

After careful peer review we have concluded that your submitted draft comment should have been rejected.

Reviewer's remarks: Woeful puns. Also, I didn't like how you formatted your figures entirely out of blank space.

Re:Publish or Perish

[DNS-and-BIND]

I'm not buying it. Ph.D's don't pull these shenanigans - this sounds like a trailer park drama! If there's anything I've learned, it's that highly educated people are simply better than double-digit IQs. Moreover, most of society's mavericks are brave professors who challenge society to accept new, uncomfortable truths. You must be some sort of wingnut who was failed out of school for unacceptable political views instead of actual lack of intellect, that's the only thing that can explain your bitterness.