Optimizing peer review to minimize the risk of retracting COVID-19-related literature

Retractions of COVID-19 literature in both preprints and the peer-reviewed literature serve as a reminder that there are still challenging issues underlying the integrity of the biomedical literature. The risks to academia become larger when such retractions take place in high-ranking biomedical jou...

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Published in:Medicine, health care, and philosophy health care, and philosophy, 2021-03, Vol.24 (1), p.21-26
Main Authors: Teixeira da Silva, Jaime A., Bornemann-Cimenti, Helmar, Tsigaris, Panagiotis
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
COVID-19 - therapy
Editorial Policies
Education
Ethics
Humans
Medical Law
Open data
Peer review
Peer Review - methods
Periodicals as Topic - standards
Philosophy
Philosophy of Biology
Philosophy of Medicine
Retraction of Publication as Topic
Risk Factors
Scientific Contribution
Theory of Medicine/Bioethics
Time Factors
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Summary:Retractions of COVID-19 literature in both preprints and the peer-reviewed literature serve as a reminder that there are still challenging issues underlying the integrity of the biomedical literature. The risks to academia become larger when such retractions take place in high-ranking biomedical journals. In some cases, retractions result from unreliable or nonexistent data, an issue that could easily be avoided by having open data policies, but there have also been retractions due to oversight in peer review and editorial verification. As COVID-19 continues to affect academics and societies around the world, failures in peer review might also constitute a public health risk. The effectiveness by which COVID-19 literature is corrected, including through retractions, depends on the stringency of measures in place to detect errors and to correct erroneous literature. It also relies on the stringent implementation of open data policies.
ISSN:1386-7423
1572-8633
DOI:10.1007/s11019-020-09990-z