Comments on: Elsevier, HHMI and Open Access http://sciencecommons.org/weblog/archives/2007/03/08/elsevier-hhmi-oa/ Fri, 11 Jun 2010 09:41:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Katharine http://sciencecommons.org/weblog/archives/2007/03/08/elsevier-hhmi-oa/comment-page-1/#comment-5515 Katharine Thu, 08 Mar 2007 21:35:09 +0000 http://sciencecommons.org/weblog/archives/2007/03/08/elsevier-hhmi-oa/#comment-5515 I write to bring your attention to an ethical conflict of interest that, unless it is resolved, threatens the integrity of scientific journals published by Elsevier and Cell Press. Reed Elsevier’s Elsevier division is the monolith of the medical and science publishing world, producing thousands of books and more than 2,200 journals. But another division, Reed Exhibitions, strives to ensure that everyone in the world has enough weapons—by hosting arms fairs. This is in direct opposition to medicine’s dictum “First, do no harm.” Go <a href="http://editor-mom.blogspot.com/2007/02/arming-to-heal-while-arming-to-kill.html" rel="nofollow">here</a> for details. I write to bring your attention to an ethical conflict of interest that, unless it is resolved, threatens the integrity of scientific journals published by Elsevier and Cell Press.

Reed Elsevier’s Elsevier division is the monolith of the medical and science publishing world, producing thousands of books and more than 2,200 journals. But another division, Reed Exhibitions, strives to ensure that everyone in the world has enough weapons—by hosting arms fairs. This is in direct opposition to medicine’s dictum “First, do no harm.”

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