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RE: Columbia U study supports LNT
David Hall wrote:
-----Original Message-----
From: Hall, David A. [mailto:halld@NV.DOE.GOV]
Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 2002 2:52 PM
To: radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu; Norman Cohen
Subject: RE: Columbia U study supports LNT
Could someone enlighten me as to why this text appears at the bottom of the
first page of the article?
"The publication costs of this article were defrayed in part by page charge
payment. This article must therefore be hereby marked "advertisement" in
accordance with 18 U.S.C. 1734 solely to indicate this fact."
Could one infer that this is a "paid advertisement" and not peer reviewed?
David Hall
Las Vegas, Nevada
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For many years, for many journals, publication costs were partially defrayed
by page charges, usually paid by the university or company of the authors.
Some journals did not require page charges. Some organizations would not
pay them. All of this was generally under the surface and unremarked.
The PNAS notice is a response to Title 18 United States Code, Part I,
Chapter 83, Section 1734, which reads:
1734. - Editorials and other matter as ''advertisements''
Whoever, being an editor or publisher, prints in a publication entered as
second class mail, editorial or other reading matter for which he has been
paid or promised a valuable consideration, without plainly marking the same
''advertisement'' shall be fined under this title.
PNAS claims, and I believe them, that this notice is pro forma and does not
signify any difference in the journal's normal rigorous peer review of the
articles that carry the notice and those that don't. Instead it signifies
that the author's organizations were willing to partially defray the cost of
publication, in some cases saving U.S. taxpayers some money.
Best regards.
Jim Dukelow
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Richland, WA
jim.dukelow@pnl.gov
These comments are mine and have not been reviewed and/or approved by my
management or by the U.S. Department of Energy.
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