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I know it's a bold claim. But PIs that dominate a field employ predatory tactics that are very similar to those used by big corporations. It's just economics.
by nextos 7y ago
I know it's a bold claim. But PIs that dominate a field employ predatory tactics that are very similar to those used by big corporations. It's just economics.
I have witnessed this in some groups I have been a member of. Very unethical behaviors. As I said above blocking papers in peer review, or even rejecting them, and simultaneously sharing key bits from said papers with postdocs is a routine practice.
Knowing journal editors and reaching publication agreements before papers are even written is also very common, and hardly surprising to someone that has been in the field for some time.
- killjoywashere 7y agoI have absolutely seen this in my field. The top-of-its-field journal editor actually requested our paper for publication and one of the reviewers poured vinegar all over it, creating requirements literally no paper of this kind had ever been held to. We actually sent it to another journal, and got the verbatim same review back. They had sent it to the same top reviewer. Amazingly, said reviewer comes out with a pre-print of a similar paper that addresses some of his own concerns, about 9 months later. Amazing how that happened, hmmm? The one consolation is that at least we know who's reviewing, who's an asshole, and that this space is as hot as we thought it was.
- nextos 7y agoThat sucks. I guess the solution is to publish preprints and move quickly. Then ignore scammy reviewers and publish elsewhere.