tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5841910768079015534.post260798701388914788..comments2024-03-25T17:14:36.888+00:00Comments on BishopBlog: Will Elsevier say sorry?deevybeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15118040887173718391noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5841910768079015534.post-30784795237681660442015-04-24T15:51:58.665+01:002015-04-24T15:51:58.665+01:00Failure to expose the fraud exposes innocent colle...Failure to expose the fraud exposes innocent colleagues to worse consequences as they are passed over for grants, awards, jobs, promotions, recognition while cheaters are rewarded. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5841910768079015534.post-63674449249689746212015-04-15T12:18:22.519+01:002015-04-15T12:18:22.519+01:00Love the term "publication pollution." D...Love the term "publication pollution." Describes perfectly the toxic effect that will ultimately kill research by making it impossible to trust anything published.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5841910768079015534.post-17307189529245308122015-04-15T12:15:08.883+01:002015-04-15T12:15:08.883+01:00These people have no shame apparently....These people have no shame apparently....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5841910768079015534.post-54325882225034549832015-04-10T21:42:47.080+01:002015-04-10T21:42:47.080+01:00National Public Radio's Science Friday had a s...National Public Radio's Science Friday had a segment today on "Publication Pollution" in science journals. <br /><br />"According to medical ethicist Art Caplan, science and medical journals are plagued by “publication pollution”—plagiarism, fraud, and predatory publishing. Caplan says that the problems persist because of denial within the scientific and medical communities."<br /><br />Google "Are Scientific Journals Clogged With Publication Pollution" to listen to the podcastAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5841910768079015534.post-17277711322558167492015-04-10T15:28:26.588+01:002015-04-10T15:28:26.588+01:00I notice that Johhny Matson is still editor of Rev...I notice that Johhny Matson is still editor of Review Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders published by Springer. The managing editor is Michael L Matson. Editorial Board includes Jeff Sigafoos and Mark O'Reilly. Hopefully the Review process might be a little more stringent!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5841910768079015534.post-89343103200849950592015-03-30T01:46:42.465+01:002015-03-30T01:46:42.465+01:00Thank you for the link. With billions of euros at ...Thank you for the link. With billions of euros at stake in grants and salaries, suicides, and bad treatment outcomes due to bogus medical tests it's time for the police to step in and investigate. This behavior can't be written off as a mere ethical lapse. It is blatant, criminal, fraud that puts people's lives at risk. If the universities that employ these people don't investigate them the universities should also be held liable.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5841910768079015534.post-56418000624059189222015-03-29T23:25:44.024+01:002015-03-29T23:25:44.024+01:00See the following article for what sounds like sim...See the following article for what sounds like similar behaviour in another field: http://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/dozens-scientific-papers-withdrawn-probably-more-come<br /><br />Many contributors to the present discussion will agree with the concluding comment: "When fraud is exposed it can have devastating consequences for innocent co-workers, and is fodder for science's enemies".Oliver Mudfordnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5841910768079015534.post-16043066471424271152015-03-28T13:34:44.366+00:002015-03-28T13:34:44.366+00:00ExactlyExactlyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5841910768079015534.post-91313908126965338522015-03-26T13:11:18.276+00:002015-03-26T13:11:18.276+00:00If Elsevier, Matson, Sigafoos and the others get a...If Elsevier, Matson, Sigafoos and the others get away with this without an investigation it will only encourage others to do the same. If their are no consequences for fraud, which is what this looks like, and they are allowed to keep the money they got out of doing this, everyone else will realize they need to do the same to compete for citation share, subscription pricing, grants, salary, and everything else.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5841910768079015534.post-15445583148111889842015-03-23T18:10:49.330+00:002015-03-23T18:10:49.330+00:00There is a fair point. However, I have this feelin...There is a fair point. However, I have this feeling that they must know, yet did not act as it may allow them to have some of the best journals. <br /><br />Remember, they have cognition, brain research, neuroimage and current biology some of the top journals in their field. It will be surprising if they did not know. I think we need to look at the history when each journal started to come in. For example, current biology was acquired by 1998 and RISD came in 1988, Mateson soon came after. Therefore, these journals may allowed Elsevier to have greater subscription fee, telling people this is where the good journals go and if may have allowed this behaviour to continue.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5841910768079015534.post-77759320691965343062015-03-23T14:59:21.090+00:002015-03-23T14:59:21.090+00:00I think Elsevier need to answer the following ques...I think Elsevier need to answer the following questions:<br /><br />1) Did anyone at Elsevier know about the editorial practices at RIDD and RASD during the period this occured?<br /><br />2) If yes: why did they not act?<br /><br />3) If no: why not? Can we be sure that there aren't other similarly compromised journals still being published by Elsevier?Neuroskeptichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06647064768789308157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5841910768079015534.post-3262495774466723452015-03-23T13:39:22.300+00:002015-03-23T13:39:22.300+00:00I'll say! Sigafoos's, Elsevier's, and ...I'll say! Sigafoos's, Elsevier's, and Johnny Matson's Wikipedia entries are starting to reflect this scandal. They seem to be hoping it'll all just go away. But this isn't like some politician's escapade that will disappear from the news the moment someone else gets caught. If true, the way they ran these journals undermines fundamental principles and trust in science. They need to release statements that either explain it all away in a credible manner or admit they cannot and open investigations at Elsevier, LSU, and Victoria Uni. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5841910768079015534.post-83605570088845133282015-03-23T08:41:10.610+00:002015-03-23T08:41:10.610+00:00Dorothy's really knocked it out of the park wi...Dorothy's really knocked it out of the park with this post. Sigafoos should retract all of the papers featured in "Figure 2" and resubmit them for proper peer review - just for starters.Neuroskeptichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06647064768789308157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5841910768079015534.post-91452300231402231882015-03-22T16:14:55.567+00:002015-03-22T16:14:55.567+00:00There is certainly enough evidence of fraud to lau...There is certainly enough evidence of fraud to launch formal investigations by the authorities in the US (not sure about European laws). Those investigations would either turn up evidence or not in the journals' publication management systems' files, emails, or testimony. If there is nothing there, great! But the analysis on this blog so far certainly suggests the need for official investigation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5841910768079015534.post-2936342929510647492015-03-22T14:14:47.548+00:002015-03-22T14:14:47.548+00:00I agree with you Dorothy. I don't think they n...I agree with you Dorothy. I don't think they need to only apologise, I think they should apologise, reduce the prices of these journals or refund the subscription fees and publication charges and in my opinion tell others of this serious issue. <br />They need to take this issue seriously and by telling others of this issue, it may reduce the respect the journal gets. This in turn will reduce its impact factor and make it less internationally-renowned. Therefore, the editors will have to do something to make the journal credible. I find this behaviour despicable. <br />The evidence may be indirect, but it is still evidence that can help science.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5841910768079015534.post-81406863982396309642015-03-21T18:02:00.080+00:002015-03-21T18:02:00.080+00:00I could not agree more. And besides Elsevier apolo...I could not agree more. And besides Elsevier apologizing to the authors for conning them into publishing in a fake academic journal, it should refund the subscription fees to universities for those two journals as well as any publication charges to the authors. Academic publishing has become all about money, so let's not reduce this to some sort of ideal that allows them to get away with an apology. This looks like it's fraud and should be investigated as such by the authorities so that publishers, editors, authors, and universities that derived a monetary benefit through the alleged misrepresentation are forced to pay restitution.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com