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This kind of claim should require more documentation before publication. Not that I don't believe it's possible, but you'd think pictures would be readily avai
by erdojo 11y ago
This kind of claim should require more documentation before publication.
Not that I don't believe it's possible, but you'd think pictures would be readily available by now, and a more precise location. I can see holding back right after the discovery, but six months later?
Also would have loved to know when the mass beaching took place. Lots of tectonic activity in that area. Someone else mentioned sonar...would have liked to see if the event could be cross-referenced with military exercises.
Hope this story is further vetted and explored.
- dfc 11y agoDid you read the article? The article seems to demonstrate that the scientist behind the publication wants to wait to discuss the details of the stranding until the paper is released: "She declined to disclose the conclusions, which will be published by a scientific journal later this year."
- knughit 11y agoUgh. Scientific journals are for archiving information, not embargoing news.
- dfc 11y agoThe fact that you failed to even give lip service to peer review is strange maybe speaks to your understanding of professional science.
- hueving 11y agoThe fact that you think that's why people wait speaks to your naive view of how academia works. The only reason they are waiting and not releasing on a preprint like arxiv is because the journal wants to force all citations through them and will reject the paper if they see an early release. It's disgusting.
- jldugger 11y agoNot really, the fact that it's not published is that they're afraid someone else will read it do the research again, submit it somewhere else, and get it published faster, at which point reviewers for $Journal_With_Actual_Impact_Factor will simply state "doesn't this replicate the recent findings? Rejected" Which is why rosalind sat on her crystallographies, hoping to figure it out herself. And why the Wellcome Trust requires academics publish all data within 6 months of collection in such ironclad language that even Elvisier has to honor it: https://www.elsevier.com/about/open-science/open-access/agreements/elsevier-agreement-with-the-wellcome-trust https://www.elsevier.com/about/open-science/open-access/agre...
- dfc 11y agoUmm, I never said anything about why people wait. The comment/sentence I was replying to was about the purpose of Scientific journals.