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Wiley journal retracts 26 papers for 'compromised peer review'


A Wiley journal has retracted more than two dozen articles in the last few months for peer review issues.  The articles, which appeared in Environmental Toxicology, have been retracted in batc…

The articles, which appeared in Environmental Toxicology, have been retracted in batches, the latest on February 16-17, with previous sets in January and November. Following an investigation by the publisher, the parties have concluded that this article was accepted solely on the basis of a compromised peer review process. Most of the corresponding authors had email domains not associated with a university or research organization, containing random sequences of letters and numbers, a potential sign of paper mill activity.

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