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In reply to the discussion: Fukushima Meltdown Driving Increased Abnormalities Among US Infants [View all]kristopher
(29,798 posts)You've made unsupported allegations based on a common practice among peer reviewed journals: charging for publication expenses.
You imply that Open Access is some sort of indictment when, in fact, all major universities are moving to a policy requiring faculty to sign agreements to use Open Access journals to the maximum extent possible.
Now you post a prank that is unvalidated. The prank submission did not get published, it was kicked back by initial review for revisions and was never distributed for peer review.
It did not, in other words, pass peer review.
The process working as described is not a point for your position no matter how you twist the logic for your amusement. You can tell yourself that it would have been published if the fee had been paid, but the fact is you have zero evidence to support that belief.