The more I think about this, the more annoyed I am. It isn’t the peer reviewer’s job to check references. The journal / publisher should be doing this. It isn’t hard, and the failure to check really reflects poorly on the journal as much as the author.
Daniel Casey 🎗️✡️
Quickest peer review ever. Done in 15 min. Found a fake reference. Went hunting, found one more. Straight reject. Advised the editor they should write to the author's head of school.
