A group of authors are flooding journals with short papers/letters with no significant importance discussing less than a dozen of patients in each paper or just commenting on others with no reason other than pushing others to cite their previous publications .. What would you consider in your review (if you are asked to review one of their papers) other the normal procedures? .. would you tell the editor?
Dear Ahmad,
You can inform the issue to the Editors but probably it will be of no use. You review nicely and publish it in another journal which good circulation in your region.
Hope this helps in checking the proliferation of useless papers.
With best wishes,
Subir.
When you are involved so much in a very small field you can identify groups .. Blinding wouldn't work.
yes, that is true, I agree with you in this point.. but.. What if ?
Any reviewer needs to perform their role honestly without linking it to some researchers they already know/could identify. There is no space for impressions, feelings, prejudice, pre-judgments, friendship, hatred, etc. Ethically speaking, sticking to the reviewer's guidelines and achieving them very well is always good. Of course, detailing on why the paper under review is significant or not is necessary and helps the editor to make the final decision!
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