April 30th, 2012
HeartRhythm Editor Douglas Zipes Defends Peer Review
Larry Husten, PHD
Rejecting an extraordinary request from industry to retract a controversial paper, Douglas Zipes, the editor-in-chief of HeartRhythm, has written a rare, highly pointed editorial defending the publication process. “If one disagrees with facts/statements in a publication,” writes Zipes, “there is a well-defined approach that can begin with a letter to the editor or submission of one’s own data for peer […]
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