Gordon & Breach impanels a journal jury

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Science publisher Gordon & Breach have been engaging in the unusual policy of suing anyone who says their expensive journals are expensive. Indeed, librarian Joel Rutstein has been threatened with a suit for saying that Gordon & Breach was inclined to sue people. Now, the publisher has been accused of being behind the formation of a panel which is supposed to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of scientific journals. The trouble began when physicist Henry Barschall published a report analyzing the cost of journals, and suggested that not only were some of Gordon & Breach's journals the most expensive, but they were in fact referred to less often by scientists than other, less expensive publications. Gordon & Breach sued, claiming not only that Barschall was out of line, but that the journals and professional associations that published his reports were engaging in a self-serving act of unfair competition. The panel to objectively review the cost-effectiveness of scientific journals is being set up by the Foundation for International Scientific Cooperation, whose president is a close friend of Gordon & Breach's chairman. Some observers feel that the only thing which is being accomplished is far more bad publicity for Gordon & Breach than the original articles ever produced. (Consumer Summary produced by Reliance Medical Information, Inc.)

Economic aspects, Laws, regulations and rules, Finance, Periodical publishing, Communication in science, Scientific communication, Library acquisitions, editorial, Acquisitions (Libraries)

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Small refugees suffer the effects of early neglect

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Studies of Romanian orphans who spent their early years in bleak orphanages are providing evidence of the harmful effects of neglect on child development. Early deprivation causes abnormal brain chemistry and behavior.

Psychological aspects, Research, Child abuse, Child development, Children, Adopted, Adopted children, Orphans, Deprivation (Psychology), Emotional deprivation

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