Posted by desolationrower on May 13, 2009, at 15:51:33
[quote]Merck paid an undisclosed sum to Elsevier to produce several volumes of a publication that had the look of a peer-reviewed medical journal, but contained only reprinted or summarized articlesmost of which presented data favorable to Merck productsthat appeared to act solely as marketing tools with no disclosure of company sponsorship.
The Australasian Journal of Bone and Joint Medicine, which was published by Exerpta [HF-sic] Medica, a division of scientific publishing juggernaut Elsevier, is not indexed in the MEDLINE database, and has no website (not even a defunct one).[/quote]
http://crookedtimber.org/2009/05/04/astroturf-journals/
http://crookedtimber.org/2009/05/11/friends-dont-let-friends-publish-in-elsevier-journals/
-d/r
poster:desolationrower
thread:895585
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