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ERIC Number: EJ385644
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1989
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Concerns about Fraud, Editorial Bias Prompt Scrutiny of Journal Practices.
Coughlin, Ellen K.
Chronicle of Higher Education, v35 n23 pA4-7 Feb 15 1989
Editors of scholarly journals are looking again at their role and that of peer reviewers as guardians of the academic enterprise, in light of recent revelations of fraudulent research data in scientific literature and continuing concerns about bias toward particular institutions, individuals, issues, or theories in editorial decision-making. (MSE)
Descriptors: Bias, Cheating, Decision Making, Editing, Editors, Fraud, Higher Education, Peer Evaluation, Research Reports, Scholarly Journals
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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