Paper Praising ‘Creator’ Puts Fear of God in Open-Access Giant - The Chronicle of Higher Education

abernard102@gmail.com 2016-03-08

Summary:

"PLOS ONE, the world’s largest scientific journal, on Friday retracted an article exploring the mechanics of the human hand after scientists complained about its reverential references to the body’s design by 'the Creator.' The article, which had been published on January 5 by a team based in China, was retracted after an investigation by PLOS editors determined it was scientifically unreliable, the open-access publisher said ..."

Link:

http://chronicle.com/article/Paper-Praising-Creator-/235610/

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Tags:

oa.new oa.comment oa.plos oa.publishers oa.business_models oa.retractions oa.credibility

Date tagged:

03/08/2016, 10:14

Date published:

03/08/2016, 05:14