Justin
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Re: Math rules and publication
Posted:
Mar 7, 2005 9:09 PM
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In sci.math jstevh@msn.com wrote:
: I wrote a paper and sent it to a journal which said it did formal peer
: review, and as Southwest Journal of Pure and Applied Mathematics was a
: legitimate journal, there was no reason to doubt them.
I'm under the impression that the ex-SJPAM's peer review method involved
feeding a copy to the rats out back and publishing if it didn't kill them.
: Well someone posted about that on sci.math and the sci.math'ers were
: FURIOUS.
No, no I don't recall that. Concerned that a journal might publish a
paper with mistakes in it, yes.
: Then some of them decided they'd get together and email them, a group
: of people saying they'd all email, telling them my paper was false and
: that they had proven it on Usenet.
No, I don't believe any group got together. What *was* done was that the
journal was told that there was an error in a paper they had published.
Any competent responsible mathematician should contact any journal if he
or she sees an error in a published piece.
: The chief editor apparently believed them, and yanked my paper
They were right.
Best,
Justin
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