107 cancer papers retracted due to peer review fraud The journal Tumor Biology is retracting 107 research papers after discovering that the authors faked the peer review process. This isn’t the journal’s first rodeo. Late last year, 58 papers were retracted from seven different journals— 25 came from Tumor Biology for the same reason. It’s possible to fake peer review because authors are often asked to suggest potential reviewers for their own papers. This is done because research subjects are often blindingly niche; a researcher working in a sub-sub-field may be more aware than the journal editor of who is best-placed to assess the work. Although this is generally not the case it just shows that nothing is immune to fraudulent practice today. As we are digging back into past research a number of long standing "studies" have been discredited already eg. cholesterol, healthy saturated fat. See http://ift.tt/2oZPlY5
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