KevinMD October 13, 2024
For an introduction to SPR, click here. For a history of SPR, click here. To learn how to distinguish real vs. sham peer review, click here.
We don’t hear about SPR as often as it occurs because those who have experienced it have likely signed nondisclosure agreements or self-isolated in shame after being ostracized by an institution built upon helping others. Victims commonly blame themselves when it’s often their own excellence that led to the experience.
If it wasn’t made clear already, the fallout of SPR is brutal. Victims discuss being extremely emotionally and psychologically destabilized as the culmination of lies and gaslighting makes them question their own identities and competency. Effects can be long-lasting through post-traumatic stress disorder....