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Improving the peer-review process and editorial quality: key errors escaping the review and editorial process in top scientific journals.

PeerJ · 2016 · PMC4756748 · PMID 26893961

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an increasing trendno p-value reported
If the process has increased in value compared to the reference the graph will show an increasing trend, and in the opposite case, if the trend of the graph decreases, the reference value decreases.

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a decreasing trendno p-value reported
Regardless of the mistakes severity, from an editorial point of view, this can be interpreted as (1) a decreasing trend in the quality of peer-review and editorial processes in these journals, or (2) an increase in the trend detection and publication of correction notes.

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