Cureus

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History and publication process

The journal was originally started as PeerEMed in 2009, obtaining its current name in December 2012. [1] Under its system, after an article is published, anyone can review it, but the reviews of experts will be given a higher score. [3] As of December 2022, the journal became part of the Springer Nature group of journals. [4]

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.

Reception

Its peer-review process involves asking experts to review a given article in a few days, which results in its peer reviews taking much less time than those of most other journals do. [3] Adler told Retraction Watch in 2015 that "Yes Cureus has an unusually fast review process, which is an important part of the journal’s philosophy. We believe that post publication peer review, a focus of our journal through commenting and our unique SIQ process, is potentially a more powerful way to discern truth." [5] Nevertheless, the speed and the quality of this peer review process, as well as the article-level metric "Scholarly Impact Quotient" (SIQ) used by Cureus has attracted the criticism of librarians [6] and scientists who worry that the SIQ could be gamed. [7]

A study conducted by librarians of Emory University in 2022 found that Cureus and Oncotarget together represented 50% of publications deemed controversial or predatory.[ clarification needed ] [8]

Cureus was also criticized for having published a revision of an article that had been elsewhere retracted because of methodological reasons and scrutiny for “possible violations of medical ethics and human rights” (the results of a Covid-19 proxalutamide trial in Brazil). [9]

In April 2022, Cureus displayed a Wall of Shame to "highlight authors who have committed egregious ethical violations as well as the institutions that enabled them". [10] This feature drew criticism as it unjustly put the emphasis on individuals, in particular the corresponding author. This feature was withdrawn in May 2023.

In April 2022, Cureus published notes of concerns relating to nearly 50 papers published without the knowledge of the corresponding author/disputed authorship. In January 2024, 56 papers were retracted. [11]

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References

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  2. ↑ "Our Editorial Board". Cureus. Retrieved 2017-09-08.
  3. 1 2 Colliver, Victoria (2012-12-18). "Medical journal uses crowdsourcing model". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2017-09-08.
  4. ↑ "Cureus is now part of Springer Nature!". Cureus homepage. Retrieved 2022-12-20.
  5. ↑ "Sex addiction article retracted, republished". Retraction Watch. 2015-11-02. Retrieved 2017-09-08.
  6. ↑ Beall, Jeffrey (2016-08-20). "Some Strange Goings On at Cureus | Emerald City Journal" . Retrieved 2023-08-23.
  7. ↑ Besançon, Lonni. "Cureus, its reviewing, and its "Scholarly Impact Quotient" | Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science". statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu. Retrieved 2023-08-25.
  8. ↑ Sparks, Katie; Powell, Kimberly R. (2022-08-01). "Assessing Predatory Journal Publishing Within Health Sciences Authors" (PDF). Special Libraries Association.
  9. ↑ Kincaid, Ellie (2022-06-10). "Researcher attacks journal for retracting his paper on COVID-19 drug". Retraction Watch. Retrieved 2023-08-23.
  10. ↑ Grove, Jack (2022-04-25). "Journal concedes 'Wall of Shame' could cause 'unjust' harm". Times Higher Education (THE). Retrieved 2023-08-23.
  11. ↑ Oransky, Ivan (2024-01-26). "Journal retracts more than 50 studies from Saudi Arabia for faked authorship". Retraction Watch. Retrieved 2024-01-28.
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