STAT+: Federal judge dismisses lawsuit against academic publishers over unpaid peer review

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Source: STAT News

Original: https://www.statnews.com/2026/02/02/antitrust-case-challenging-academic-publishe...

Published: Mon, 02 Feb 2026 21:00:41 +0000

A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit against academic publishers. The lawsuit concerned an unpaid peer review. The judge ruled in favor of the publishers. The case concerns academic publishing. No further details on the reasons for the decision are given. The article does not contain statistics or numbers. This is a legal decision, not a study.