Involvement of the reviewers in suspected malpractice

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1) Suspected redundant publication

1.1 In a submitted manuscript

2) Suspected plagiarism

2.1 In a submitted manuscript

3) Suspected fabricated data

3.1 In a submitted manuscript
3.2 In a published article

4) Changes in authorship

4.1 Corresponding author requests addition of extra author before publication

5) Suspected undisclosed conflict of interest (CoI)

5.1 In a submitted manuscript (by a reviewer)
5.2 In a published article (by a reader)

6) Other cases

6.1 Suspected ethical problem with a submitted manuscript
6.2 suspicion that a reviewer has appropriated an author’s idea or data