CBC News Audio:
Bogus science paper reveals peer review’s flaws
John Bohannon found that many journals are not living up to their peer review promises
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/bogus-science-paper-reveals-peer-review-s-flaws-1.2054004?cmp=rss
“A bogus scientific paper about a new anti-cancer compound was accepted by more than half of 300 scientific journals it was submitted to in the past year, despite having obvious and serious scientific flaws.
CBC Radio’s The Current explores what that means about the peer review and science publishing system, and what the implications are for public confidence in science.
Science journalist John Bohannon reported the results of his experiment in the journal Science.”
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http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/bogus-science-paper-reveals-peer-review-s-flaws-1.2054004?cmp=rss
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