into English , based on a recommendation of some Harvard molecular biologists colleagues who had mockreviewed the paper . Then these fake manuscripts were submitted at a rate of 10 per week to a multitude of journals . A few publishers requested a fee to be paid up front . Those were excluded from the process , which means that the remaining used the standard model : fee for publication after acceptance . If a journal rejected the paper it was also excluded from further actions . If the paper came back and the journal asked for revisions , the author complied . If it was accepted , the author withdrew the paper with the comment that an “ embarrassing mistake ” was found . “ By the time the Science went to press , 157 of the journals had accepted the paper and 98 had rejected it . Of the remaining 49 journals , 29 seem to be derelict : websites abandoned by their creators . Editors from the other 20 had e-mailed the fictitious corresponding authors stating that the paper is still under review ; those too , are excluded from this analysis . ... Of the 255 papers that underwent the entire editing process to acceptance or rejection , about 60 % of the final decisions occurred with no sign of peer review . … Of the 106 journals that discernibly performed a review , 70 % ultimately accepted the paper . Most reviews focused exclusively on the papers layout , formatting , and language ” 1 Even if some open access journals rejected these fake papers and J . Bohannon was criticized for not having a control group , this is bad news for the credibility of the scientific community . Therefore scientists should only submit to Journals they know , where the Editor is a known personality in their research field and where they know that a sound peer review process is performed , which is a laborious task . 3 Dear Readers , I am proud to be Editor of a Journal that takes peer review very seriously ! Sincerely yours , J-F Roulet Editor-in-Chief
Literature 1 . “ Budapest Open Access Initiative | Read the Budapest Open Access Initiative ”. www . budapestopenaccessinitiative . org . 2 . Bohannon J . Who ’ s afraid of peer review ? Science . 2013 ; 342 ( 6154 ): 60-65 . doi : 10.1126 / science . 342.6154.60 . 3 . Roulet J-F . Life long learning in a world of globalized knowledge . Stoma Edu J . 2016 ; 3 ( 1 ): 6-7 .
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