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Amid Public Feuds, A Venerated Medical Journal Finds Itself Under Attack<\/font><\/strong><\/div>\n
ProPublica<\/a>\/Boston Globe<\/a><\/div>\n
by Charles Ornstein<\/div>\n
April 5, 2016<\/div>\n

The New England Journal of Medicine is arguably the best-known and most venerated medical journal in the world. Studies featured in its pages are cited more often, on average, than those of any of its peers. And the careers of young researchers can take off if their work is deemed worthy of appearing in it.<\/p>\n

\"JeffreyBut following a series of well-publicized feuds with prominent medical researchers and former editors of the Journal, some are questioning whether the publication is slipping in relevancy and reputation. The Journal and its top editor, critics say, have resisted correcting errors and lag behind others in an industry-wide push for more openness in medical research. And dissent has been dismissed with a paternalistic arrogance, they say.<\/p>\n

In a widely derided editorial earlier this year, Dr. Jeffrey M. Drazen, the Journal’s editor-in-chief, and a deputy used the term “research parasites” to describe researchers who seek others’ data to analyze or replicate their studies, which many say is a crucial step in the scientific process. And last year, the Journal ran a controversial series saying concerns about conflicts of interest in medicine are oversimplified and overblown. <\/p>\n

“They basically have a view that … they don’t need to change or adapt. It’s their way or the highway,” said Dr. Eric Topol, director of the Scripps Translational Science Institute and chief academic officer at Scripps Health in La Jolla, California…<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n
We are warned that the weakest way to attack an argument we disagree with is to disparage the author of that idea. So avoid ad hominem<\/em> attacks –  to the man. But in this case, things are different. The argument is actually with the man himself. I’ve tried to keep up with Dr. Drazen’s many splendored bad ideas and arrogance. Ornstein does a better job than I could of cataloging the facts in the case [did I mention that it’s a must-read]. But over and above Dr. Jeffrey Drazen’s bad ideas, and his barely veiled nasty temperament, he’s just not New England Journal of Medicine Editor material. He’s been there for a long time, but now he’s let the cat out of the bag. He needs to go. That’s simply that…<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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