Category: Articles
Special Issue Faces Major Withdrawals After Compromised Review Process Identified
A leading medical journal has withdrawn the majority of articles from a special issue published in 2019 after identifying serious concerns related to [...]
Study Highlights Concentration of Influence and Potential Conflicts in Top Business Journals
A recent preprint analysis has raised concerns about the concentration of publishing influence within a small group of scholars in leading business jo [...]
Authorship Dispute Prompts Investigation into Publication in Natural Product Communications
An article published in Natural Product Communications has come under scrutiny due to concerns over authorship attribution, contribution statements, a [...]
Suspicious Preprints Raise Concerns Over Citation Manipulation in Scholarly Publishing
A routine citation check by a data scientist has uncovered a network of fabricated academic papers, raising fresh concerns about the misuse of preprin [...]
Concerns Over Superheavy Element Research Prompt Retractions and Investigations
A series of publications focusing on superheavy elements has come under scrutiny following concerns raised by researchers in the field, resulting in m [...]
Publisher Withdraws Entire Conference Volume Over Authorship Concentration Concerns
A leading scientific publisher has announced the withdrawal of an entire conference proceedings volume after concerns emerged regarding authorship con [...]
New Agriculture Journal Launch Raises Questions Over Editorial Outreach Practices
A recently introduced agriculture-focused journal under the Cureus publishing brand has drawn attention after invitations to join its editorial board [...]
Majority of Editorial Board Quits After Publisher Alters Peer Review Structure and Removes Lead Editor
A substantial portion of the editorial board of Communications in Algebra, a long‑running peer‑reviewed mathematics journal, has resigned in protest a [...]
Reimagining Scholarly Publishing: The Role of Institutional Support in Advancing Diamond Open Access
The global scholarly publishing ecosystem is undergoing a profound transformation. For decades, the dissemination of academic knowledge has largely be [...]
Regional Citation Indexes and the Global Research Ecosystem: The Case for the ASCI Database
The Power Behind the Word “Indexed”
In the world of scholarly publishing, few words carry as much weight as “indexed.” For many researchers, the firs [...]