Re:Why I published in a predatory journal
by jurie on Monday April 24, 2017 @12:55AM
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This has got to be how anti-vaxers obtain their "peer reviewed", "scientific" studies...
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Unfortunately Wakefield's paper that essentially kicked off the "MMR vaccine controversy" was published by the Lancet. They eventually retracted but enormous damage was done (including deaths apparently).
Re:Why I published in a predatory journal
by SOLAR_FIELDS on Monday April 24, 2017 @10:09AM
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For the unknowing, the Lancet was at the time this paper was published considered to be a top-tier medical journal; the equivalent of Nature or Science for medicine.
I cannot speak to its prestige now, however. I'm sure that its reputation was somewhat damaged by publishing this paper but I imagine it's still considered a "good" journal.