I do wish to reassure this group that reputable publications and journals
do not lie. They are sometimes deceived, but when this is discovered, they
issue an apology and retract the publication.
Authors (whether scientists or others) do lie, but it is the job of
reputable journals to discover when this has happened.
In the particular example being discussed, the paper was published in a
non-reputable journal, one that takes money for publishing, promises to do
a full refereeing, but in fact does not. It is not in existence to aid
science: it is in existence to make money. So a good journalist could have
discovered this by examining the reputation of the journal.
BUT: The fact that a journal might charge to publish your work or that it
might be published by a for-profit company does NOT mean it is not
reputable. Many of the world's best journals are starting to charge
because of the extreme costs of publishing (editorial costs, mostly), and
their lack of income. Many of the world's best journals are published by
for-profit companies (e.g., Elsevier or Wiley). But they do not link
the ability to pay to the acceptability of the paper. Most have ways that
impoverished authors do not have to pay.
But yes, beware of the rogue journals that do not thoroughly vet their
articles.
(This topic has been discussed numerous times on this forum, and i do not
wish to repeat the arguments here. The link I forwarded was simply a
reminder that we all have to be careful about which journals we submit to
and which ones we cite. It is unfortunate, for this adds yet more work to
our already overworked life.)
Don
On Sun, May 31, 2015 at 12:36 PM, Katherine J Hepworth <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
> In the tradition of I.F. Stone<https://vimeo.com/123974841>
> investigative journalists start their work from the position that all
> powerful people and organizations lie. This of course includes
> universities, professors, and academic publishers.
>
Don Norman
Prof. and Director, DesignLab, UC San Diego
[log in to unmask] designlab.ucsd.edu/ www.jnd.org <http://www.jnd.org/>
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