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Index of Subjects Hi Ulli, If you will check the Petition Project website given previously you will find the answers to your questions. Under "Frequently Asked Questions", the reason that particular journal was chosen is given. Who are the signers of the petition and what is their expertise? This question is answered under "Qualifications of Signers". Lois Codling uhoeger@dal.ca wrote: > Well, > > given the scope of the journal in which this REVIEW article was published > (Journal American Physicians and Surgeons) it makes me personally > wonder why this review article wasn't published in a journal with a more > appropriate scope, readership, and referees ....... > And how it made it into this journal since it is not really fitting into the usual > landscape ............. > Looks to me that it was either turned down by those journals, or there was > the intention of the authors to fly low under the radar screen to avoid critical > and qualified discussion ...... > > Same applies to the 31000 American scientists that signed the petition....... > Who are those people and what is their expertise? > > What I want to say is that it is very easy to get mislead and blindsided. > Facts can be interpreted in many different ways, and review articles are not > only a presentation of other people data it's also an interpretation by a third > person who picked those "references" in the first place. > > Anyway I have a few red flags going up! > > Ulli > > >> Very true, David. When faced with a choice between an unsigned, abusive >> article on a website and a website which shows a signed 12 page review >> article which was published in a scientific journal and is here >> accompanied by 31, 000 signatures of scientists in agreement with it, I >> know which to choose. >> >> Lois Codling >> > >
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