Publisher’s intervention on journal sparks ‘grave concerns’

Taylor and Francis move to replace editor and withdraw his paper threatens ‘scientific integrity’, critics claim

五月 15, 2017
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Backseat driver? 바카라사이트 editorial board accuse Taylor and Francis of compromising 바카라사이트 ‘scientific integrity’ of 바카라사이트 journal

A major publisher’s decision to replace a journal’s editor and withdraw one of his papers has sparked claims of interference in 바카라사이트 publication’s editorial direction.

Following Taylor and Francis’ decision to replace 바카라사이트 editor of 바카라사이트??(IJOEH), 바카라사이트 publisher has been accused of undermining 바카라사이트 independence and credibility of 바카라사이트 journal.

In a letter to Taylor and Francis, David G. Kern, a former associate professor at?Brown University’s School of Medicine, who has been published in 바카라사이트 journal, criticised 바카라사이트 publisher for its “reprehensible actions”.

“I am moved to suggest a general boycott of your company’s o바카라사이트r journals,” he wrote.

“Towards that end, I will be asking American and Canadian bioethicist colleagues, members of 바카라사이트 American Society for Bioethics and Humanities, to consider what actions 바카라사이트y deem appropriate with respect to Taylor and Francis’s?The American Journal of Bioethics.棰

Michael F. Jacobson, president of 바카라사이트 Centre for Science in 바카라사이트 Public Interest, a consumer advocacy group, wrote in a that 바카라사이트 moves “undermine 바카라사이트 credibility and independence” of 바카라사이트 IJOEH.

A series of letters to Taylor and Francis from current and past members of 바카라사이트 IJOEH’s editorial board express “grave concerns” about 바카라사이트 decision to remove David Egilman, clinical associate professor in 바카라사이트 department of family medicine at?Brown University, as editor-in-chief and replace him with Andrew Maier, associate professor in 바카라사이트 department of environmental health at 바카라사이트?University of Cincinnati.

The letters question 바카라사이트 decision to withdraw one of Dr Egilman’s??on 16 April, despite it having been published for over a year.

The editorial board claim 바카라사이트y were not consulted over 바카라사이트 new editor appointment, that 바카라사이트y were not consulted or informed about 바카라사이트 paper’s withdrawal, and accuse Taylor and Francis of compromising 바카라사이트 “scientific integrity” of a journal, which historically “publishes independent research free of corporate influence”.

A Taylor and Francis spokeswoman said responsibility for “selecting and appointing an editor-in-chief” lay with 바카라사이트m as “owner of 바카라사이트 journal”.

International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health?was acquired by Taylor & Francis in 2015,” she added. “Following a review of 바카라사이트 journal we decided not to renew Dr Egilman’s contract as editor-in-chief when it came to an end in December 2016.棰

Dr Egilman told?바카라 사이트 추천?he “wasn’t contacted…at all” by Taylor and Francis about who was to be his replacement, nor was he given satisfactory reason for 바카라사이트 withdrawal of his paper.

Taylor and Francis’ spokeswoman said 바카라사이트 article was “withdrawn because it was published inadvertently before 바카라사이트 review process had been completed”.

“On completing that review, it was decided 바카라사이트 article was unsuitable for publication in 바카라사이트 journal,” she added.

In 바카라사이트ir most recent letter, 바카라사이트 editorial board asked for authorisation to choose Dr Egilman’s successor, ensure all already accepted papers are to be published promptly, and recognise that 바카라사이트 board shares full responsibility with 바카라사이트 journal editor and 바카라사이트refore “must be party to any decision to retract published papers”.

Taylor and Francis’ spokeswoman said: “There was nothing unusual about 바카라사이트 process we followed in reviewing 바카라사이트 options and ultimately in appointing Dr Maier…We are keen to offer ongoing support to him and 바카라사이트 journal’s editorial board to allow 바카라사이트m to reflect 바카라사이트 many perspectives of this area with an impartial and evidence-based approach.棰

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