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Opinion: Peer review systems no longer guarantee academic rigor and a different approach is needed

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Peer review is a central function of academic research. This is the process by which research is finally published in an academic journal. Independent experts review the work of other researchers and recommend whether and how the work should be accepted by publishers and improved. Peer reviews are often thought to guarantee quality, but in reality…