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This domain name issue also comes up with PubMed, which uses the nih.gov domain, making people think it's actually endorsed by NIH. I think it's not just a pro
by currymj 6y ago
This domain name issue also comes up with PubMed, which uses the nih.gov domain, making people think it's actually endorsed by NIH.
I think it's not just a problem on this website; social news link previews also show the domain and favicon which might mislead people as to how high-profile the paper is.
of course, being in a high-impact journal doesn't guarantee good science at all. but it still does lend some credibility.
- jhayward 6y agoPubMed looks pretty much like an official publication of the NIH to me: “Available to the public online since 1996, PubMed was developed and is maintained by the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), at the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM), located at the National Institutes of Health (NIH).” [1] [1] https://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/pubmed.html https://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/pubmed.html
- currymj 6y agothe website itself is, but it aggregates journal articles which are not. there are a lot of academic journals with very low standards for peer review, but PubMed doesn't make any editorial choices.