Axil Axil <[email protected]> wrote: If true, this might mean that Nature has input into how the test is run to > meet it own high scientific standards. >
I do not think Nature editors make suggestions about how to conduct an experiment. With one exception: they made suggestions when their own editor, Maddox, took part in an experiment to debunk homeopathy. Other than that, their role begins when the experiment is finished and the researchers have written a paper. The editors begin by accepting the paper for review, and then they circulate it. In this case, they would never accept it for review. Not at Nature, and probably not at any other major journal. Peer review takes a few months for most papers. In the case of cold fusion, it takes years, according to Mike McKubre. If the Swedish researchers want to see this peer-reviewed it will not be published for 3 to 5 years, and probably never. As I said, this is a fool's errand. They should upload it to arXiv and have done with it. - Jed
