TY - JOUR
T1 - Oh, the Times!
T2 - Tabloids and Other Non-Peer-Reviewed Publications
AU - Finkelstein, Daniel
PY - 1985/11
Y1 - 1985/11
N2 - Surveys show that many ophthalmologists now include non-peer-reviewed communications in their reading. These communications, both in newspaper (tabloid) and journal format, convey various types of information. Although I don’t prefer the term throwawaysfor such publications, many physicians employ this designation. We wish to remind the reader that such publications do not always distinguish scientific fact and informed judgment from extemporaneous clinical opinion and anecdotal observation. The blurring of this distinction is important; most readers expect the written word that appears in a scientific format to have been previously screened for merit. Most readers expect this screening to have been performed by scientific or clinical peers under the direction of a responsible editorial board. We expect this because, during the decade of our training as physicians and ophthalmologists, we have learned to trust such carefully reviewed publications as the New England Journal of Medicinethe Archives of Ophthalmology, and the.
AB - Surveys show that many ophthalmologists now include non-peer-reviewed communications in their reading. These communications, both in newspaper (tabloid) and journal format, convey various types of information. Although I don’t prefer the term throwawaysfor such publications, many physicians employ this designation. We wish to remind the reader that such publications do not always distinguish scientific fact and informed judgment from extemporaneous clinical opinion and anecdotal observation. The blurring of this distinction is important; most readers expect the written word that appears in a scientific format to have been previously screened for merit. Most readers expect this screening to have been performed by scientific or clinical peers under the direction of a responsible editorial board. We expect this because, during the decade of our training as physicians and ophthalmologists, we have learned to trust such carefully reviewed publications as the New England Journal of Medicinethe Archives of Ophthalmology, and the.
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U2 - 10.1001/archopht.1985.01050110035017
DO - 10.1001/archopht.1985.01050110035017
M3 - Article
C2 - 4062630
AN - SCOPUS:0022152163
SN - 0003-9950
VL - 103
SP - 1641
EP - 1642
JO - Archives of ophthalmology
JF - Archives of ophthalmology
IS - 11
ER -