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Lawrence Souder from Drexel University presented on June 14, 2011 at a panel on "International Year of Chemistry: Perils and Promises of Modern Communication in the Sciences" at the Special Libraries Association meeting. His talk covered Trust in Science and Science by Blogging, using as an example the NASA press release on arsenic in bacteria and subsequent controversy taking place in the blogosphere

Lawrence Souder from Drexel University presented on June 14, 2011 at a panel on "International Year of Chemistry: Perils and Promises of Modern Communication in the Sciences" at the Special Libraries Association meeting. His talk covered Trust in Science and Science by Blogging, using as an example the NASA press release on arsenic in bacteria and subsequent controversy taking place in the blogosphere

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Editor's Notes

  • Neutral definition of rhetoric: Adapting messages to audiences and audiences to messages. My view of Modern Communication in the Sciences is through this lens.
  • Richard Horton, editor of The Lancet , has said: “[W]e know that the system of peer review is biased, unjust, unaccountable, incomplete, easily fixed, often insulting, usually ignorant, occasionally foolish, and frequently wrong.”
  • Typical research paper in 2004
  • A year later: Perhaps the worst outcome of peer review for both the authors and the journal.
  • Another typical research paper
  • Another unfortunate retraction (because it was previously published in Science of the Total Environment 366 (2–3), 729–738.)
  • … but also for the scientific community who still cites it, though here with the retraction.
  • … but still these authors cited it, apparently unaware of its retraction two years earlier.
  • Unfortunately, these are not isolated cases.
  • This problem persists15 years later despite the technological advances that enable journals to link retracted papers to their corresponding retraction notices. This study, in fact, shows affirmative citations to retracted papers in journals with higher impact factors than those citing the case as fraudulent.
  • … and countered by Ian Mitroff.
  • … and countered by Ian Mitroff.
  • … and countered by Ian Mitroff.
  • … and countered by Ian Mitroff.
  • … and countered by Ian Mitroff.
  • Venter spoke at the Academy of Natural Sciences a couple of years ago. I shamelessly approached him after his talk with a photocopy of this paper and asked him to autograph it. He said it was his favorite. It looks ordinary were it not for its content. But it’s extraordinary for its form…
  • Venter spoke at the Academy of Natural Sciences a couple of years ago. I shamelessly approached him after his talk with a photocopy of this paper and asked him to autograph it. He said it was his favorite. It looks ordinary were it not for its content. But it’s extraordinary for its form…
  • “ [M]uch of our knowledge rests on trust in the moral character of testifiers.”
  • … as augmented by John Ziman
  • … and countered by Ian Mitroff.
  • Bentley Glass: “One simply cannot any longer distinguish between what one properly knows, on the basis of published scientific information, and what one has gleaned from privileged documents.”
  • Bentley Glass: “One simply cannot any longer distinguish between what one properly knows, on the basis of published scientific information, and what one has gleaned from privileged documents.”
  • Bentley Glass: “One simply cannot any longer distinguish between what one properly knows, on the basis of published scientific information, and what one has gleaned from privileged documents.”
  • Bentley Glass: “One simply cannot any longer distinguish between what one properly knows, on the basis of published scientific information, and what one has gleaned from privileged documents.”
  • Bentley Glass: “One simply cannot any longer distinguish between what one properly knows, on the basis of published scientific information, and what one has gleaned from privileged documents.”
  • Bentley Glass: “One simply cannot any longer distinguish between what one properly knows, on the basis of published scientific information, and what one has gleaned from privileged documents.”

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