CS peer review breakdown

Updated: 2025.08.15 6M ago 2 sources
Questionable P vs NP paper published and not retracted, signaling editorial and review failures. — Erodes confidence in journal gatekeeping and scientific reliability, affecting media coverage, funding, and policy that leans on peer-reviewed evidence.

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Too Big to Fail
Roger Pielke Jr. 2025.08.15 75% relevant
While not in computer science, the core concern is analogous: a top journal (Nature) published work with critical data errors (Uzbekistan mismeasurement, reliance on RCP8.5) that, despite later correction (Bearpark et al.), had already influenced high-stakes policy; this underscores systemic editorial/review vulnerabilities with outsized downstream effects.
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Scott 2025.08.14 100% relevant
Article details the Frontiers of Computer Science incident and refusal to retract despite expert objections.
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