Eric J. Rubin is editor in chief of the New England Journal of Medicine and the NEJM Group. Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo is editor ...

By emphasizing scientific uncertainty above other values, political appointees can block any regulatory action they want to.

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An international team, including astronomers from Keele University, has performed a unique cosmic test to measure the mass of ...

Disinterestedness also applies to journal editors, who are obligated to decide whether to publish research based on the science, not the political or economic implications. Merton’s last norm is ...

Politics Trump Reportedly Cuts Funding for Publisher of Prestigious Nature Journals and Scientific American Magazine Scientific journals are just too woke.

The in-house journals would have legitimacy, he said, because of an NIH stamp of approval and would become the pre-eminent scientific journals in the world.

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The interim U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia has sent letters to several leading medical journals asking for information about their editorial practices.