[Vo]:Nobel prize winner boycots Nature

Hi all Nobel winner declares boycott of Nature and other top science journals Randy Schekman says his lab will no longer send papers to Nature, Cell and Science as they distort scientific process http://www.theguardian.com/science/2013/dec/09/nobel-winner-boycott-science-journals?CMP=fb_gu

Re: [Vo]:Nobel prize winner boycots Nature

This is a breath of fresh air. It is similar to what Pam Boss et al. wrote in the JCMNS the other day: How the Flawed Journal Review Process Impedes Paradigm Shifting Discoveries http://lenr-canr.org/acrobat/BiberianJPjcondensedk.pdf#page=6

Re: [Vo]:Nobel prize winner boycots Nature

Someone quoted in that article makes an important point: The system is not meritocratic. You don't necessarily see the best papers published in those journals. The editors are not professional scientists, they are journalists which isn't necessarily the greatest problem, but they emphasise novelty

Re: [Vo]:Nobel prize winner boycots Nature

as i says in the article, there is a sad tendency to focus on easy frauds debunked quickly, and to miss the huge failure of big Journals like natureco : - Pal -review, kingmakers, kerberos... which prevent enemies to publish . many case identified today from different source, and minimized each