How a sustained misinformation campaign by publishers attacked @PLOSONE’s rigorous peer review

peter.suber's bookmarks 2017-03-24

Summary:

"I know first-hand just how thorough peer review is at PLOS ONE as I published one paper there and had another rejected because of flaws that we initially missed. Some scientists even complain that PLOS ONE actually rejects too much.

How much to reject is a tricky balancing act for a megajournal. Accept too much, and you are a “dumping ground”; reject too much and you’re an 'evil gate-keeper'. The solution seems to be precisely what PLOS ONE does – aim for rigorous peer review and publish works that pass it. A week ago, Editor-in-Chief Joerg Heber told me that PLOS ONE publishes 50% of the submitted manuscripts...."

Link:

https://www.protocols.io/groups/protocolsio/news/how-a-sustained-misinformation-campaign-by-publishers

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Tags:

oa.new oa.plos oa.plos_one oa.publishers oa.peer_review oa.negative oa.quality

Date tagged:

03/24/2017, 09:41

Date published:

03/24/2017, 05:41