Apparently Reed Elsevier, publisher of countless academic journals such as Cell, Neuron, Current Biology and the Lancet, is also organizing arms exhibition shows.
In a bizarre development, the editors of the Lancet agreed with researchers who want to start a boycott of their journal.
To read more:
The Lancet's terrible dilemma (Effective Measure)
Should Elsevier journals be boycotted? (Evolving Thoughts)
MDs, Scientists Call For Elsevier Group Boycott (Living the Scientific Life)
MDs Urge Publisher to Sever Weapons Ties (AP)
Leading doctors criticize medical journal's link to arms industry (International Herald Tribune)
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I like the British medical journal, The Lancet. I like it a lot. I read it, subscribed to it and I've published there. More than once. So I sympathize with their terrible dilemma:
Physicians from around the world urged the publisher of The Lancet medical journal to cut its links to weapons sales,…
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This is a worry. Elsevier publishes around 40 journals that have a philosophy component. Perhaps philosophers,…
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I don't know if you remember the news item that Reed Elsevier, publisher of many scientific journals, was funding arms trade shows. It got to the point that the editorial board of the Lancet, which is owned by Elsevier, agreed with researchers who wanted to boycott their own…
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Good news, everyone! It turns out that Reed Elsevier, the publisher and exhibitions group, has finally ended their involvement in the arms trade yesterday as the result of a two-year boycott by doctors, healthcare groups, authors and pacifist organizations.
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how completely bizarre.
don't they know their primary support base - academics and scientists - err on the side of, well, liberal?
given that, i'm surprised they would use the same conglomerate to promote the apparent penchant for arms...