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01-02-2021 | COVID-19 | Correspondence

Building trust in journals and in peer review: need of the hour during the COVID-19 pandemic

Authors: Sakir Ahmed, Mohini

Published in: Rheumatology International | Issue 2/2021

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We read with interest about the survey carried out by a group of international rheumatology journal editors [1]. The survey assessed the opinions of authors, reviewers and other scholars on the impact of the COVID-19 (Coronavirus disease 2019) on scholarly publishing and journal targeting. This survey has come in a critical time when most journals are possibly handling a deluge of submissions compounded by logistics limitation due to the pandemic. Many reviewers and also editors may still be overburdened by their clinical duties. Also, a spate of retractions in high-ranking journals have increased the stress on reviewers and editors as gatekeepers of science [2]. …

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Title: Building trust in journals and in peer review: need of the hour during the COVID-19 pandemic
Authors: Sakir Ahmed
Mohini
Publication date: 01-02-2021
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Keyword: COVID-19
Published in: Rheumatology International / Issue 2/2021
Print ISSN: 0172-8172
Electronic ISSN: 1437-160X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00296-020-04741-y

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