Re: [ECOLOG-L] fabricated reviews lead to retractions of papers

[Don McKenzie]

Many journals ask the authors for up to five recommended referees. Those aren’t 
always the only ones chosen, but in my experience it happens often.
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>> On Mar 27, 2015, at 11:51 AM, Judith S. Weis <jw...@andromeda.rutgers.edu 
>> <mailto:jw...@andromeda.rutgers.edu>> wrote:
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>> How can this happen when the editors of the journal invite the reviewers?
>> That's the type of peer review I'm familiar with.
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>>> I hope this hasn't been an issue in ecology.
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>>> http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/03/27/fabricated-peer-reviews-prompt-scientific-journal-to-retract-43-papers-systematic-scheme-may-
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>>> <http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/03/27/fabricated-peer-reviews-prompt-scientific-journal-to-retract-43-papers-systematic-scheme-may->affect-other-journals/
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Don McKenzie
US Forest Service
University of Washington
d...@uw.edu
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