On Fri, 8 Sep 2000, George Lundberg wrote: > But there is another fly in Stevan's ointment: Large numbers of articles > submitted to biomedical journals NEVER appear in print after being > unfavorably reviewed. They do not deserve publication. Editors and > reviewers REALLY DO protect both readers and author in this process. > What is then done with those "pre-print" versions that are available to > all?
GOOD point but it can and should be extended to ALL disciplines, not just biomedicine. In fact, the easy availability of (unrefereed) preprints is downright disturbing to me as I am sure it is to others.
