Martin Shepperd

Greylisting open access publishers In December 2024, the Finnish Publication Forum (JUFO) announced with effect from January 2025 it was going to downgrade almost all Frontiers and MDPI journals to the lowest rating (0 on a 0-3 scal…

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On International Holocaust Remembrance Day, we mourn the six million Jewish people and countless others who were murdered in the Holocaust by the forces of hate and bigotry.

Now more than ever, we cannot be silent in the face of evil. #NeverAgain

Open discussion in our Discipline of Medical Science today on research integrity, paper corrections & retractions, staying on top of student data, getting the culture right. ~20 academics sharing thoughts & experiences, junior & senior. Some funny, some vulnerable. Positive collegiate Discipline 🧪

NEWS: Research paper on jetties hasn't been pier reviewed.

If we don’t uphold minimal reviewing standards, what does that say about our commitment to quality and integrity in research?

Science deserves better.

But if we can’t find the time to carefully review a manuscript, we should decline the request—or deliver a thorough review, but late.
Peer review is the backbone of science. A superficial review isn’t just unhelpful; it undermines the entire process.

Yet, neither the two authors, two reviewers, nor the guest associate editor noticed.
This highlights a worrying trend: reviewing without reading.

Yes, we’re all busy, and yes, the flood of papers feels relentless.

As editor of a computer science journal, I recently encountered a troubling incident: a paper recommended for acceptance had untranslated Russian in four tables. This wasn’t subtle—it immediately stood out typographically without even needing to study the text.

ChatGPT: Busy scholars in an Italian Renaissance style

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