I came through the latest paper on the journal by Napolitani et al., about peer reviewing
of scientific reports in the academic community of experts [
[1]
]. I joined the Editorial Board as a Member of some scientific journals, e.g. Nutrition
(Elsevier), and the paper by Napolitani strongly attracted my interest. In particular,
my attention was caught by a citation in the paper reference list, where the Editor
in Chief of British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, Prof. Adam Cohen, took a press
charge against an editorial case where the process of peer reviewing was defiled by
organized crime [
- Napolitani F.
- Petrini C.
- Garattini S.
Ethics of reviewing scientific publications.
Eur J InternMed. 2016 Dec 27; (pii: S0953-6205(16)30440-X)https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejim.2016.12.011
[2]
]. Anyway, crime would be a much largest concept in this context.Keywords
To read this article in full you will need to make a payment
Purchase one-time access:
Academic & Personal: 24 hour online accessCorporate R&D Professionals: 24 hour online accessOne-time access price info
- For academic or personal research use, select 'Academic and Personal'
- For corporate R&D use, select 'Corporate R&D Professionals'
Subscribe:
Subscribe to European Journal of Internal MedicineAlready a print subscriber? Claim online access
Already an online subscriber? Sign in
Register: Create an account
Institutional Access: Sign in to ScienceDirect
References
- Ethics of reviewing scientific publications.Eur J InternMed. 2016 Dec 27; (pii: S0953-6205(16)30440-X)https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejim.2016.12.011
- Organised crime against the academic peer review system.Br J Clin Pharmacol. 2016 Jun; 81: 1012-1017
- To blind or not to blind? What authors and reviewers prefer.Med Educ. 2006 Sep; 40: 832-839
- Selling falsehoods? A cross-sectional study of Canadian naturopathy, homeopathy, chiropractic and acupuncture clinic website claims relating to allergy and asthma.BMJ Open. 2016 Dec 16; 6e014028
- Supported by science?: what Canadian naturopaths advertise to the public.Allergy Asthma Clin Immunol. 2011 Sep 15; 7: 14
Article info
Publication history
Published online: January 24, 2017
Accepted:
January 20,
2017
Received in revised form:
January 17,
2017
Received:
January 5,
2017
Footnotes
☆The author states he has no conflict of interest.
Identification
Copyright
© 2017 European Federation of Internal Medicine. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
ScienceDirect
Access this article on ScienceDirectLinked Article
- Ethics of reviewing scientific publicationsEuropean Journal of Internal MedicineVol. 40
- PreviewThe approval or rejection of scientific publications can have important consequences for scientific knowledge, so considerable responsibility lies on those who have to assess or review them. Today it seems that the peer review process, far from being considered an outdated system to be abandoned, is experiencing a new upturn.
- Full-Text
- Preview
