And, of course, the journals themselves can, occasionally, be blamed
for making unreasonable claims for the science in abstracts, main body
and even titles of papers.
Owen
On 26 Jul 2010, at 12:47, Bruce Etherington wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> This story and discussion has reminded me about something that I
> mull over every few months:
>
> In discussions about where the hyperbole enters a media story, the
> focus always appears to sit with the PR officer or the journalist.
> There never seems to be any investigation into the paper itself. New
> researchers are taught that they must include something about the
> importance/potential implications of their work and, in order to
> help with acceptance, there must be a pressure to talk this up. I am
> sure that some peer reviewers will attempt to filter this out, but I
> have read many papers that make claims for their work that seem to
> be beyond a reasonable justification. How much does (do others think
> that) this conrtibutes to the exaggerated claims that end up
> appearing in the media?
>
> Bruce
>
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