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Peer-reading Process and Its Ethical Challenges: Can We Hope for Moral Judgment?
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Background: The role of refereeing and peer-reading in the ethics of research and publishing is very privileged and vital, and changes have occurred in this important part of scientific communication over the years. Despite the diversity in scientific judgments and the criticisms and challenges that have been brought to its implementation and nature, it is still accepted as a social norm in the scientific community. The current research is a review of the criticisms and challenges raised by researchers to this scientific approach.
Conclusion: These criticisms range from defects in the function and implementation process to aspects such as the personalization of peer reading, the obvious or hidden negative effect of identity, the possibility of abuse, the lack of a suitable and trained referee, the existence of various types of bias and conflicts of interests in the refereeing, which make the refereeing ethical. has faced serious questions. A general overview of these criticisms along with familiarity with the important components of moral judgment can help to improve this scientific process.
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| Keywords: Peer review, Refereeing process, Peer review ethics, Criticisms and challenges, Publication ethics committee (COPE) |
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Type of Study: Research |
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Received: 2020/08/15 | Accepted: 2020/10/17 | Published: 2022/08/28
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