PubPeer
URLhttps://pubpeer.com
Launched2012

PubPeer is a website that allows users to discuss and review scientific research after publication, i.e. post-publication peer review.

The site has served as a whistleblowing platform, in that it highlighted shortcomings in several high-profile papers, in some cases leading to retractions and to accusations of scientific fraud,[1][2][3][4] as noted by Retraction Watch.[5] Contrary to most platforms, it allows anonymous post-publication commenting, a controversial feature which is the main factor for its success.[6] Consequently, accusations of libel have been levelled at some of PubPeer's users;[7][8] correspondingly the website has since 2016 told commentators to use only facts that can be publicly verified.[9]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Researcher admits mistakes in stem cell study". Phys.org. May 2013.
  2. ↑ Sven Stockrahm; Lydia Klöckner; Dagny Lüdemann (2013-05-23). "Zellbiologe gibt Fehler in Klonstudie zu". Zeit.
  3. ↑ "Stem cell cloner acknowledges errors in ground breaking paper". Nature.
  4. ↑ "Stapgate shows Japan must get back to basics in science". Japan Times.
  5. ↑ "Leading diabetes researcher corrects paper as more than a dozen studies are questioned on PubPeer". Retraction Watch. 12 January 2015. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  6. ↑ Torny, Didier (February 2018). Pubpeer: vigilante science, journal club or alarm raiser? The controversies over anonymity in post-publication peer review. International Conference on Peer Review.
  7. ↑ Paul Jump (13 November 2014). "Can post-publication peer review endure?". Times Higher Education. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
  8. ↑ Peer 0 (24 August 2014). "PubPeer's first legal threat" (blog). Retrieved 5 December 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  9. ↑ "PubPeer - How to comment on PubPeer". pubpeer. Archived from the original on 15 November 2016. Retrieved 17 May 2017.

Further reading


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.