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Editor Says No to Peer Review for Controversial Journal
from Nature News
The editor of what is perhaps the world's most controversial medical journal has pledged to resist attempts by its publisher to implement radical changes to its approach.
Bruce Charlton, who is professor of theoretical medicine at the University of Buckingham, UK, has staunchly defended his journal, Medical Hypotheses, saying that it has for 35 years followed "a radical and dissenting agenda" and "tries to favour unfashionable and unpopular views."
The journal's publisher Elsevier is seeking major changes to Medical Hypotheses in the wake of a furious row over the publication last year of a paper claiming that there is no proof that HIV causes AIDS. A key part of these changes will be to implement peer review in place of the current editorial review. Elsevier also says there will be "especially careful review" of potentially controversial articles.
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