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[longfellow95]

Yes indeed Xena.

Shocking and sobering.

I hope you don't mind me highlighting this bit:-

A distinguished former Editor-in-Chief of the very prominent New England Journal of Medicine, Dr. Marcia Angell, stated in 2009 that “It is simply no longer possible to believe much of the clinical research that is published” [2]. Dr. Richard Horton, Editor-in-Chief of the prestigious clinical journal, The Lancet, stated in 2015 that “Much of the scientific literature, perhaps half, may simply be untrue” [3]. These dramatic quotes are strong evidence that the process for peer review is defective, the objectivity of scientists as peer reviewers is decayed, and examples are shockingly frequent!

[CogDiss 1188X]

Great sources Xena! Dr M’s site seems especially good - thanks for sharing it!

[sentiment_stocks]

Fascinating! Thanks for posting this. Can you post this on your i-hub page?

Predatory publishing undoubtedly represents a clear and present danger to the integrity of academic publishing. To date, little has been done to curb the excesses in this field, although some recent action by the US government has been noted [12]. It is important, however, that concerns over predatory publishing do not spiral or morph into an insular, xenophobic rhetoric that smacks of racism. As noted above, even elite publishers such as Elsevier have shown themselves to be swayed by financial returns.

ummm... this just does not sound at all right.

Elsevier Australia went the whole hog, giving Merck an entire publication which resembled an academic journal, although in fact it only contained reprinted articles, or summaries, of other articles. In issue 2, for example, nine of the 29 articles concerned Vioxx, and a dozen of the remainder were about another Merck drug, Fosamax. All of these articles presented positive conclusions. Some were bizarre: such as a review article containing just two references. [10]

[longfellow95]

Vioxx is calculated to have caused over 100,000 deaths.

[biosectinvestor]

Yes, the journals have become very political and commercially aligned and driven in many instances and often do not serve science or patients.