Everything you read in newspapers is absolutely true, except for the rare story of which you happen to have first-hand knowledge.Erwin Knoll The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers.Thomas Jefferson CRU and Academic Publishing Recent revelation of extensive corruption of the peer review process, by a group of academics, is another blow to academic credibility. Commendable in the tawdry story was the reaction of the publisher of the Journal of Vibration and Control (JVC); they immediately withdrew 60 articles. But what happens when the publisher is part of the schemes to … Continue reading Another Blow to Academic Credibility