Scientific Research Publications

Science Isn’t Broken

It’s just a hell of a lot harder than we give it credit for.

Christie Aschwanden | August 19, 2015

If you follow the headlines, your confidence in science may have taken a hit lately.
Peer review? More like self-review. An investigation in November uncovered a scam in which researchers were rubber-stamping their own work, circumventing peer review at five high-profile publishers.

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