In the past year there's been a lot of talk about the lack of trust in science and the need to distinguish legitimate research from misinformation, disinformation, and other forms of fallaciousness. But how? Many commentators have pointed to the importance of peer review—the process through which scientific claims are scrutinized for validity by other researchers with expertise in relevant fields, before the papers are published.
This is a big problem for society, not just for science. One study concluded that 8,000 predatory journals collectively publish 420,000 papers every year, nearly a fifth of the scientific community's annual output of 2.5 million papers. A medical news story on Medscape noted that dubious research funded by commercial interests can bypass proper vetting via publication in a predatory journal.
Why do scientists publish in these journals? One answer is money . Prestigious scientific journals charge their authors for publishing, stating the costs cover careful editing and review. These “page” fees can amount to thousands of dollars. Well-funded academics charge these fees to outside grants, or wealthy institutions may cover a researcher's costs.
To warn scholars away from predatory journals, librarian Jeffrey Beall developed a list of them in 2008. But his approach was criticized as subjective and even defamatory. Other lists have also been subject to dispute, in part because there was no agreement on precisely how to define predation.
Theories may say more about what we think about the facts (In theory/abstractly) than what the facts are actually telling us to think and say.
Hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin. Strange to see how both had almost a religious cult like following once the cult leader trump advocated for scam
Nearly all drs. ongoing learning is anecdotal..
Doesn't this include you? Seems you are at the forefront of wrong influence.
They did it as far as vaping is concerned. Once that door was opened why is anyone surprised that more people are running invalid studies and misrepresenting the facts in order to get what they want also? consequences
Lol you guys should look in the mirror.
Many drs today are consultants passing on knowledge, much of which is hearsay
Why would a scholar want her research published along with trash? That amounts to guilt by association and what reputable scholar would want that? Sounds like laziness to me.
One used to see scientific journals all over a doctors office in their private spaces. It hasn’t been that way for 15-20. This generation has been taught poorly in med schools. IMO.
Your journal joined in this development. Sad!
Any comments on mRNA vacs trial by Pfizer, Moderna, J&J? Why did Pfizer want to hide trial data for 50+ yrs? And, thanks to a judge, data is getting out every month. (Yet, I am not sure how much of it is tampered). Even then, it reveals enough dirt CDC, FDA failed to look at.
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