Sci Eng Ethics. 2018 Jan 20.
By following a recently published paper entitled "The effect of publishing a highly cited paper on a journal's impact factor: a case study of the Review of Particle Physics" in Learned Publishing, we argue that it is not suitable for journals to bid for the right to publish a review that is likely to be highly cited. A few suggestions are also provided to deal with the special case of the Review of Particle Physics phenomenon.
Keywords: Conflict of interest; Highly cited review; Journal impact factor; Review of Particle Physics