Peer Review & Publishing Ethics¶

A Guide for New Program Committee Members at Theoretical Computer Science Conferences - A guide to help new program-committee members to understand how the system works, with useful tips and guidelines.
A Guide for New Referees in Theoretical Computer Science - Advice about peer reviewing research publication drafts, for students and other inexperienced referees.
After grad student suicide, misconduct findings, university suspends professor - A cautionary tale and a recount of events that exposed a serious case of research fraud.
Beall's List - A cached copy listing potential predatory journals and publishers.
Collusion rings threaten the integrity of computer science research - Experiences discovering attempts to subvert the peer-review process.
Cornell Food Researcher's Downfall Raises Larger Questions For Science - This should be the cautionary tale discussed in Research Methods 101 across many disciplines.
Green, Gold, and Diamond Open Access - A guide to understanding the different publication access models.
How NOT to review a paper: the tools and techniques of the adversarial reviewer - A delightful exposition about reviewing, from the perspective of the adversarial reviewer.
Introduction to Research Metrics - Explanation of research metrics like impact factor, h-index, g-index, and altmetrics.
Low-CO2 research paper - An initiative to advertise the low environmental impact of research work.
Mistakes Reviewers Make - Reducing the learning curve for new reviewers, and helping them improve their reviewing, through exposing some common mistakes.
No free view? No review! - A public pledge to abstain from peer reviewing for editors who hide publications behind paywalls.
Retraction Watch - Online blog that reports on retractions, and other related topics, as a window into the scientific process.
Reviewer-Author Collusion Rings and How to Fight Them - A list of measures to prevent and mitigate potential collusion rings.
Some Lessons on Reviews and Rebuttals - Advice about writing reviews and review rebuttals.
The Diamond Reviewer Pledge - Make a pledge to review for diamond open access journal, an academic journals led by scholars (as opposed to pay-to-publish or pay-to-read journals).
The task of the referee - A structured framework for evaluating drafts and writing referee reports (reviews).