Jun 2009
On fake journals and other fakes
15/06/09 09:14
Elsevier’s
publication of a number of fake journals to support
drug marketing has attracted a lot of attention since
it was reported in The Scientist (see,
e.g., Laika’s MedLibLog,
Open Access News).
I’m really pleased to see this issue come out into
the open, and think that it should give us an
opportunity to think more seriously about medical
publication.
First, we shouldn’t think that this is an isolated event. All of the major publishing companies are involved in publication planning (marketing via the scientific literature), and any of them could put out new journals in order to promote a product. If you look at Wiley's website, you'll find, in addition to a number of other ways that Wiley can help the healthcare industry:
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First, we shouldn’t think that this is an isolated event. All of the major publishing companies are involved in publication planning (marketing via the scientific literature), and any of them could put out new journals in order to promote a product. If you look at Wiley's website, you'll find, in addition to a number of other ways that Wiley can help the healthcare industry:
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