el naschie
The Case of El Naschie who has published more than 300 papers in an Elsevier journal for which he is the founding editor, has been in discussion in the blogs recently [see the note in for links to source-blogs]. [1]
Lately he has been investigating the case of M. S. El Naschie. [2]
Yesterday an Elsevier spokesperson informed him that El Naschie’s retirement will be announced in the first issue of Chaos, Solitons & Fractals in 2009. [3]
The details are better recounted elsewhere, but in a nutshell, El Naschie published dozens of papers in his own journal (he’s the editor-in-chief) which appear to be of no scientific or mathematical merit (this is my judgment based on excerpts and titles, and also seems to be the consensus of commenters at nCC), which make rather grandiose claims based on rather incoherent numerology. [4]
Nature reports that Mohamed El Naschie will step down as Editor-in-Chief of Chaos, Solitons and Fractals. [5]
According to the Elsevier spokesperson, El Naschie is retiring to spend more time with his sockpuppets. [3]
Editors who found journals have more right to publish their own pieces in it than other editors, but five in one issue is clearly way over the top. [2]
Here’s what the Elsevier spokesperson actually said: ‘as a former editor El Naschie will no longer be involved in editorial decision making for the journal’. [3]
Posted by Ben Webster in Off Topic, blog triumphalism, crazy ideas, evil journals, things I don’t understand. [4]
He published 3 papers in the December 2008 issue of Chaos, Solitons & Fractals. [2]
Elsevier was either too incompetent to notice that one of their editors in chief was publishing dozens of papers in his own journal (for the fact that this is allowed at all, in any circumstances, is on the face of it a bit absurd. [4]
While we could rejoice at least some justice is done, although indirectly, I think this news throws open some irksome issues lurking around academic publishing, closed peer review, closed access publishing, dubiousness of impact factors and middlemen publishers. [1]
Whether Elsevier admits it or not, their oversight of this journal appears to have been non-existent. [...] But on the face of it, the reaction sounds like one you might expect from a journal led by an editor-in-chief who claims false affiliations and who publishes five of his own papers in a single issue of the journal he edits. [5]
Here’s what the Elsevier spokesperson actually said: “as a former editor El Naschie will no longer be involved in editorial decision making for the journal”. [2]
Sources:
[1] El Naschie Update and Peer Review ” Unruled Notebook
[2] The Case of M. S. El Naschie, Continued | The n-Category Caf?
[3] The Case of M. S. El Naschie, Continued | Scintilla
[4] L’affaire El Naschie ” Secret Blogging Seminar
[5] Update on El Naschie and Elsevier - Uncommon Ground