Scientific studies are an important part of litigation. Absent reliable scientific research forming the bases of an expert's testimony, it is personal opinion or anecdotal experience. Prior to ...

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In 2023, an academic journal, the Annals of Operations Research, retracted an entire special isssue because the peer review process for it was compromised. The case brought into sharp focus broader ...

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Peer review is a central feature of academic work. It’s the process through which research ends up published in an academic journal: independent experts scrutinise the work of another researcher in ...

Any scientist with something worthwhile to share with the scientific community wants to publish. However, any published article in a creditable journal has to run the gauntlet of the peer-review ...

Opinion pieces from C&EN staff addressing core issues in chemistry. For 300 years or so after the creation of the scientific journals, those journals would unsystematically decide what to publish on ...

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