The latest issue of Elsevier’s Editors’ Update is part one of a two-part series on publishing ethics. It contains a bevy of articles on various issues that will be be familiar to Retraction Watch readers, from bias to research misconduct. (Not surprisingly, given the sheer number of journals they publish, Elsevier shows up regularly on Retraction Watch.)
In one of the pieces, Applied Surface Science editor in chief Henrik Rudolph pulls no punches: Continue reading Editor: “Close to 10% of the papers we receive show some sign of academic misconduct”