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Calling for an Explanation

Mar 13, 2008

A bunch of bloggers are still waiting on editor-in-chief Michael Dunn's explanation of what occurred during the review and editing process at Proteomics to allow Ward and Han's 'Mitochondria, the missing link between body and soul: Proteomic prospective evidence' paper to be published. Steven Salzberg says the bland retraction doesn't cut it and PZ Myers adds, "We want to know how this paper slipped through the cracks, because we want to know how large the cracks in the peer review process at Proteomics are."

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