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More Fake Journals From Elsevier

Posted by Soulskill on from the at-least-they're-consistent dept.

daemonburrito writes "Last week, we learned about Elsevier publishing a bogus journal for Merck. Now, several librarians say that they have uncovered an entire imprint of 'advertorial' publications. Excerpta Medica, a 'strategic medical communications agency,' is an Elsevier division. Along with the now infamous Australasian Journal of Bone and Joint Medicine, it published a number of other 'journals.' Elsevier CEO Michael Hansen now admits that at least six fake journals were published for pharmaceutical companies."

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  1. Not true. by AltGrendel · · Score: 5, Funny

    According to their wikipeia entry, they are entirely legit.

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    1. Re:Not true. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

      Not anymore!

    2. Re:Not true. by ScrewMaster · · Score: 2, Funny

      According to their wikipeia entry, they are entirely legit.

      True! And it's also interesting to note that according to its own entry, Wikipedia is also legit.

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  2. Re:Bad Feeling by fuzzyfuzzyfungus · · Score: 5, Funny

    Behold!

  3. Re:Charge them with fraud by drinkypoo · · Score: 1, Funny

    Or, alternatively, start killing off Merck and Elsevier CEOs, NOW. Send the message that we will not tolerate this misleading information.

    Ever notice that the people who talk this kind of shit aren't the kind of people out there getting the headshots?

    If you believe so strongly that we should kill people for this stuff, go forth and do it. Otherwise, please shut your pie hole. An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth leaves the whole world eating pudding in the dark, and I like pudding but that's not the dark future I was planning for.

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  4. Re:Bad Feeling by Frosty+Piss · · Score: 5, Funny

    Calm down Scott. Please take your meds.

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  5. Re:Bad Feeling by Mikkeles · · Score: 4, Funny

    You also seem to suffer from Restless Mouth Syndrome (RMS). I suggest yo try some BSD.

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  6. Re:Can this be considered fraud? by stillnotelf · · Score: 1, Funny

    Too big to jail? Corporation size could use some downward pressure.

    Based on what?

    Your expertise demonstrated by your Nobel Prize in Economics?

    No, no, his comment is based on peer-reviewed research! It was published recently in the Australasian Journal of Bone and Joint Medicine.

  7. Re:Charge them with fraud by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    This is MAJOR fraud in the medical/pharmaceutical industry. Merck and Elsevier need to be shut completely down for this bullshit.

    Or, alternatively, start killing off Merck and Elsevier CEOs, NOW. Send the message that we will not tolerate this misleading information.

    Merck is on to this already. Since publishing bullshit kills people, they have a new pill in the pipeline designed to reduce bullshit publishing with almost no side effects!

  8. Re:Brain drugs. by ThrowAwaySociety · · Score: 2, Funny

    Look, this is the News for Nerds site. You're looking for the News for Mystics site. Perhaps Google can help you find it.