retractions, peer review, and transparency
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Talk at UC Davis "Publish or Perish" conference, 2/13/14TRANSCRIPT
Retractions, Peer Review, and Transparency
ICISUniversity of California, Davis
February 13, 2014
Ivan OranskyCo-Founder, Retraction Watch
http://retractionwatch.com@ivanoransky
Is This Science Today?
Retractions on the Rise
http://pmretract.heroku.com/byyear
Most Retractions Due to Misconduct
PNAS online October 1, 2012
How Long Do Retractions Take?
http://jme.bmj.com/content/early/2010/12/23/jme.2010.040923
Puzzling Policies
“It does however have several examples of image reuse which might be of interest to PubPeer members and readers.”
The Rise of Post-Publication Peer Review
hESCs in Cell
hESCs in Cell
A number of comments about these errors in articles and blogs have drawn connections to the speed of the peer review process for this paper. Given the broad interest, importance, anticipated scrutiny of the claims of the paper and the preeminence of the reviewers, we have no reason to doubt the thoroughness or rigor of the review process.
hESCs in Cell
The comparatively rapid turnaround for this paper can be attributed to the fact that the reviewers graciously agreed to prioritize attention to reviewing this paper in a timely way. It is a misrepresentation to equate slow peer review with thoroughness or rigor or to use timely peer review as a justification for sloppiness in manuscript preparation.
The Rise of Post-Publication Peer Review
Scientists Value Transparency
More Retractions: A Good Thing?
One Way To Avoid Retractions
Contact Info
http://retractionwatch.com
@ivanoransky
Thanks to Nancy Lapid, Reuters Health