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|Title=Engineered Peer Reviews Lead to 10 Retractions
 
|Title=Engineered Peer Reviews Lead to 10 Retractions
|Is About=This case which was made public by Retraction Watch is about a publisher, SAGE, who retracted 10 papers published as part of two special collections in ''Advances in Mechanical Engineering'' after discovering the peer review process that had been managed by the guest editors did not meet the journal’s usual rigorous standards<ref>McCook, A. "A publisher just retracted ten papers whose peer review was ‘engineered’." ''Retraction Watch.(Downloaded on 26 September 2018 from <nowiki>https://retractionwatch</nowiki>. com/2018/07/page/3/)'' (2018).</ref>. This is a factual case.  
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|Is About=SAGE retracted 10 papers published as part of two special collections in ''Advances in Mechanical Engineering.'' The publisher's decision resulted from the discovery that the peer review process did not meet the journal’s usual rigorous standards<ref>McCook, A. "A publisher just retracted ten papers whose peer review was ‘engineered’." ''Retraction Watch.(Downloaded on 26 September 2018 from <nowiki>https://retractionwatch</nowiki>. com/2018/07/page/3/)'' (2018).</ref>. This is a factual case.  
 
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|Important Because=It is important to keep in mind that reviewers can also commit scientific fraud.
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|Important Because=Reviewers and guest editors can also commit research misconduct.
 
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Cases

Engineered Peer Reviews Lead to 10 Retractions

What is this about?

SAGE retracted 10 papers published as part of two special collections in Advances in Mechanical Engineering. The publisher's decision resulted from the discovery that the peer review process did not meet the journal’s usual rigorous standards[1]. This is a factual case.

  1. McCook, A. "A publisher just retracted ten papers whose peer review was ‘engineered’." Retraction Watch.(Downloaded on 26 September 2018 from https://retractionwatch. com/2018/07/page/3/) (2018).

Why is this important?

Reviewers and guest editors can also commit research misconduct.

For whom is this important?

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