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Stuart Laidlaw is Going to Get Me [a] Shot from Merck
I couldn't be more pleased that [insert gratuitous but sincere praise:] outstanding Toronto Star writer Stuart Laidlaw has been rigorously following the Merck/Elsevier scandal. It's practically flattering that he's listening to bioethics' and in particular bioethics' publishing voices, and he's quoted The American Journal of Bioethics Editor's Blog [that'd be... (read the rest)
Open Access Publisher Under Scrutiny for Taking Sham Paper
First came The Australasian Journal of Bone and Joint Density, now comes The Open Information Science Journal. As The Scientist tells us today, it's not just the large academic publishers that are in hot water for publishing phony journals, but open source publications that are apparently attempting to publish fake... (read the rest)
McGee Writes One of The Scientist's Most Controversial Columns of the Year
In an email sent out to The Scientist readers today, an article called "No More Periods-Period" by AJOB's Editor-in-Chief Glenn McGee was noted as one of the most controversial columns of 2008. In this piece, McGee ponders and predicts the end of female menstruation and finds no real fault in... (read the rest)
Glenn McGee in The Scientist: How Much Should Gardasil Cost?
Glenn's August column for The Scientist looks at the HPV vaccine: A sneaky virus has infected 20 million Americans. For most, it's just an inconvenience, causing unattractive lesions. But for some, the infection leads to cancer, killing 250,000 people worldwide and costing billions in medical expenses every year. The vast... (read the rest)
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