[ RadSafe ] Fwd: Scientific publications

[Chris Alston]

Patricia

It gets much worse.  Please see, for instance:

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/21/science/new-truths-that-only-one-can-see.html?_r=0

Cheers
cja
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From: radsafe-bounces at health.phys.iit.edu
[mailto:radsafe-bounces at health.phys.iit.edu] On Behalf Of Milligan,
Patricia
Sent: Monday, February 10, 2014 2:41 PM
Since reading this article, I have cast a skeptical gaze on "published
results" of any sort.  I was rather distressed by this author's report
but at least it explained how so many papers of questionable quality
and premise were getting published.

http://www.sciencemag.org/content/342/6154/60.full