I interacted with Bibiana Campos and consider her an amazing person. I am worried about these developments at ACS. Via @matthartings

https://kitchenchemistry.substack.com/p/an-open-letter-to-the-membership

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An Open Letter to the Membership of the ACS regarding Chemical and Engineering News

An open letter to the membership of the American Chemical Society This letter is meant to inform the membership of the American Chemical Society (ACS) about the detrimental changes that have been made to the operations of Chemical and Engineering News

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Psychologists want to retract old papers about conversion therapy. Elsevier says no.

Before addressing the question of whether they should be retracted, there is the question of who should decide; I don't see that discussed here. Elsevier does not own these journals. It's like going to Kinkos to pick up a print job and the clerk tells you they won't print one of the pages because they don't agree with what it says. Am I wrong?

#EditorialFreedom #PublicationEthics

https://retractionwatch.com/2022/11/30/psychologists-want-to-retract-old-papers-about-conversion-therapy-elsevier-says-no/

Psychologists want to retract old papers about conversion therapy. Elsevier says no.

Over the past year, a professional society for cognitive therapists has been pondering what to do with dozens of decades-old articles about conversion therapy – the practice of trying to change a p…

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