Bill says:
 
In a message dated 2/5/2013 3:06:49 P.M. Mountain Standard Time,  
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The  worst are "closed" journals where any advocate will be published in
spite  of the poor quality of the research (or lack of it) while the
dissenters  are shut out. Nothing new here.
 
The really ironic thing here is that these 'closed' journals are not  
necessarily obscure or secondary publications.  In the US and in Europe,  two 
historically prestigious journals (and to be very clear here, I don't  mean 
Science and Nature) are only open to submission of papers from a  select group 
of invited scientists who once made members of  the  affiliated society can 
then publish based on little more than being a  member of the society - 
which is freely admitted by everyone.
 
Jerry
 

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