> Why can't journals set a bar and flag some of these practices in peer review? Kind of a chicken and egg problem. Peer review is done by other researchers wor

> Why can't journals set a bar and flag some of these practices in peer review? Kind of a chicken and egg problem. Peer review is done by other researchers working in the field, often on a volunteer basis. If the average researcher in the community is committing statistical common errors, they won't know to flag them in the paper.