Kenny Banya
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Money. Plain and simple.
If the retraction occurs, the researchers' careers will probably be over - you don't want that mark against you. So they would have been pressuring the relevant powers at The Lancet.
As for The Lancet, it loses circulation & hence revenue from becoming known as a sloppy journal. Also the Editor loses face, personally.
You just need to look at the parallel in the science of anthropogenic global warming - scientists learnt that some journals are poorer than others. Energy and Environment is a good example:
http://journals.sagepub.com/home/eae
Any reputable climate scientist will not touch this journal with a barge pole. It has poor to non-existent peer review & it was uncovered that the Editor, Dr. Sonja Boehmer-Christiansen, has an agenda against anthropogenic global warming - probably due to political (conservative) ideology:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonja_Boehmer-Christiansen (see Views on Climate Change)
If you know someone with money, instigate a lawsuit against The Lancet for printing misleading information - lies. Like I said, if you know someone with money. (Actually it wouldn't take much money - just intend to at least instigate the lawsuit with a complementary media announcement. Should do the trick)
If the retraction occurs, the researchers' careers will probably be over - you don't want that mark against you. So they would have been pressuring the relevant powers at The Lancet.
As for The Lancet, it loses circulation & hence revenue from becoming known as a sloppy journal. Also the Editor loses face, personally.
You just need to look at the parallel in the science of anthropogenic global warming - scientists learnt that some journals are poorer than others. Energy and Environment is a good example:
http://journals.sagepub.com/home/eae
Any reputable climate scientist will not touch this journal with a barge pole. It has poor to non-existent peer review & it was uncovered that the Editor, Dr. Sonja Boehmer-Christiansen, has an agenda against anthropogenic global warming - probably due to political (conservative) ideology:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonja_Boehmer-Christiansen (see Views on Climate Change)
If you know someone with money, instigate a lawsuit against The Lancet for printing misleading information - lies. Like I said, if you know someone with money. (Actually it wouldn't take much money - just intend to at least instigate the lawsuit with a complementary media announcement. Should do the trick)