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Publish or Perish: Retracted Scientific Literature
Program Code:
222
Date:
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
Time:
10:00 AM to 11:30 AM
EST
CHAIR
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Henry Singer, CONNEXION Healthcare
PRESENTER
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Henry Singer, CONNEXION Healthcare
Ivan Oransky, M.D. is executive editor of Reuters Health and treasurer of the Association of Health Care Journalists' board of directors. He blogs at Embargo Watch and at Retraction Watch. Previously, he was the managing editor for online at Scientific American and deputy editor of The Scientist.
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Diane Scott-Lichter is Publisher for the American Association for Cancer Research. Her publishing career encompasses both society and commercial publishing. Scott-Lichter is Past-President of the Council of Sciences and North American Editor of "Learned Publishing."
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Description
This forum will consider the increasing number of retractions by scientific and medical journals, and the potential impact of retracted data that remain in play. Putative causes, mitigation, and prevention will be discussed.
Learning Objectives:
Identify the impact of online publication on the persistence of articles
Discuss the processes involved in the peer review and control of manuscripts submitted for publication
Recognize how to address retracted publications.