Publisher retracts 64 articles for fake peer reviews
Wednesday, August 19, 2015 - 09:00
in Psychology & Sociology
(Phys.org)—German based publishing company Springer has announced on its website that 64 articles published on ten of its journals are being retracted due to editorial staff finding evidence of fake email addresses for peer reviewers. Springer is one of the biggest academic/research publishers in the world, with over 2,200 journals dedicated to printing the results of research efforts.