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Rethinking Peer Review Using the Swiss Cheese Model to Better Flag Problematic Manuscripts

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: - Scaled manuscript submissions from paper mills and misuse of generative AI represent challenges for journals, publishers and readers. - Paper mills are likely to manipulate peer review as their rate-limiting step towards publication. - The different stages of peer review can be reconsidered using the Swiss Cheese Model of error and accident causation and prevention. - Simple changes to peer review processes could improve the detection of unethical, derivative and low-value manuscripts.

Source: Learned Publishing

DOI: 10.1002/leap.2021

Authors: Jennifer A. Byrne, Anna Abalkina, Jana Christopher, Marie F. Soulière

Institutions: The University of Sydney, NSW Health Pathology, Freie Universität Berlin, Federation of European Biochemical Societies, Frontiers Media SA (Switzerland)

Language: English

Topic: Publishing and Scholarly Communication

Subfield: History and Philosophy of Science

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: hybrid

Estimated APC paid: $2,080

Funders: Medical Research Council, National Health and Medical Research Council