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Spoof paper accepted by 'peer-reviewed' journal

Contributed by:Rob Free
Originally posted:11th June 2009: 1:09 pm
Last updated:11th June 2009: 1:10 pm
Short URL:http://gen2phen.org/node/2142
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Interesting example of how some 'peer-reviewed' open access journals accept any old rubbish!

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#1 Further coverage on this in

Submitted by Gudmundur A Thorisson on Wed, 17/06/2009 - 01:17.

Further coverage on this in Nature News. Apparently the editor-in-chief has already resigned over this scandal. Also, the response from the publisher (Bentham Science Publishing, http://www.bentham.org) is interesting:

http://www.nature.com/news/2009/090615/full/news.2009.571.html

See also coverage & discussion at Scholarly Kitchen:

http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2009/06/10/nonsense-for-dollars/
http://scholarlykitchen.wordpress.com/2009/06/10/tip-of-an-iceberg/

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