Academic Publishing Faces 'Peer-Review Wars' Over Fake Referee Reports

Academic Publishing

3 August 2026 at 5:42 pm

Academic Publishing Faces 'Peer-Review Wars' Over Fake Referee Reports

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A new report highlights the growing issue of "review mills" in academic publishing, where researchers write fake referee reports with coercive citation requests, causing conflict within the scientific community.

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