Year: 2010
Type: editorial
Abstract: doi:10.1289/ehp.1001913 As a service to our contributors and the public, EHP issues occasional press releases to publicize papers that we believe are relevant and important to researchers, educators, public health practitioners, policy makers, and/or the general public, as well as to regular EHP readers and contributors. Specifically, our goal is for EHP press releases to serve science and the public by increasing awareness of work that might otherwise be overlooked by people who would benefit from reading it. Of course, press releases may also benefit authors and journals by increasing recognition and citation, which may in turn increase authors ’ ability to obtain funding and advance their careers, “Exaggeration serves many interests, but it does not serve the public’s interest. And in the end, it is self-defeating, because it undermines the credibility of medical science. After a while people may not believe anything we have to say.” Schwartz and Woloshin 2003 and increase the journal’s readership and ability to attract highquality
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1001913
Author: Jane C. Schroeder
Language: English
Subfield: Library and Information Sciences
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $4,500
OpenAlex ID: W2095329305