PubPeer is a website that allows users to discuss and review scientific research after publication, i.e.

post-publication peer review Scholarly peer review or academic peer review (also known as refereeing) is the process of having a draft version of a researcher's Scholarly method, methods and Research, findings reviewed (usually anonymously) by experts (or "peers") in the sa ...

. The site has served as a

whistleblowing A whistleblower (also written as whistle-blower or whistle blower) is a person, often an employee, who reveals information about activity within a private or public organization that is deemed illegal, immoral, illicit, unsafe or fraudulent. Whi ...

platform, in that it highlighted shortcomings in several high-profile papers, in some cases leading to retractions and to accusations of

scientific fraud Scientific misconduct is the violation of the standard codes of scholarly conduct and ethical behavior in the publication of professional scientific research. A '' Lancet'' review on ''Handling of Scientific Misconduct in Scandinavian countrie ...

, as noted by

Retraction Watch Retraction Watch is a blog that reports on retractions of scientific papers and on related topics. The blog was launched in August 2010 and is produced by science writers Ivan Oransky (Former Vice President, Editorial ''Medscape'') and Adam Mar ...

. Contrary to most platforms, it allows anonymous post-publication commenting, a controversial feature which is the main factor for its success. Consequently, accusations of libel have been levelled at some of PubPeer's users; correspondingly the website now requires commentators to use only facts that can be publicly verified.

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on Retraction Watch {{DEFAULTSORT:PubPeer Academic publishing Peer review Scientific method Criticism of academia Internet properties established in 2012 Open science

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