Top Rejections: Shi V. Liu’s Submissions Rejected by Top Journals

Top Rejections: Shi V. Liu’s Submissions Rejected by Top Journals

(Including CNSP: Cell, Nature, Science, PNAS)

Earlier rejections: HTM, PDF

Rejections 2005: HTM, PDF

Rejections 2006: HTM, PDF

Rejections 2007: HTM, PDF

Recent rejections (2008-Present): See list below

(Updated 2009-06-15)

Title	Submitted	Rejected by	Later published	Hyperlink
Are iPS Cells Really Induced from Differentiated Cells?	20080110	Nature	*Logical Biology* 8 (1):1-7, 2008	HTM, PDF
No More New Complexity Adding to an Already Simplified Aging Problem	20080208	Nature	*Logical Biology* 8 (1):8-12, 2008	HTM, PDF
Can Yamanaka Explain His Contradictory Statements?	20080204	Nature	*Logical Biology* 8 (1):13-15, 2008	HTM, PDF
IPS Cells Are Man-Made Cancer Cells	20080121	Cell	*Logical Biology* 8 (1):16-18, 2008	HTM, PDF
Understanding the “Reprogramming” Process in “Inducing” iPS Cells	20080124	Science	*Logical Biology* 8 (1):19-22, 2008	HTM, PDF
A simple experiment to verify the ‘direct reprogramming’ claim on iPS cell ‘induction’	20080222	Nature	*Logical Biology* 8 (1):23-24, 2008	HTM, PDF
On the Oct-4 Reporting Chaos	20080131	Cell Stem Cell	*Logical Biology* 8 (1):25-26, 2008	HTM, PDF
Sequential Reprogramming of Differentiated Cells into iPS Cells or Sequential Differentiation of Transformed Pre-existing Stem Cells?	20080217	Cell Stem Cell	*Logical Biology* 8 (1):27-29, 2008	HTM, PDF
Repeated applications do not validate ‘induction’ of stem cells by iPS technique	20080228	PNAS	*Logical Biology* 8 (1):30-31, 2008	HTM, PDF
Towards a Balanced View on iPS Cells	20080225	Nature	*Logical Biology* 8 (1):32-38, 2008	HTM, PDF
One Factor Dropped from the ‘Inducing’ Soup, One Piece of Evidence Added against the ‘Induction’ Claim	20071206	Nature Biotechnology	*Logical Biology* 8 (1):39-41, 2008	HTM, PDF
IPS Cells versus ES Cells	20080202	Science	*Logical Biology* 8 (2):47-48, 2008	HTM, PDF
On the Rates of Establishing ntESC and the Hope for Improvements	20080326	Nature Medicine	*Logical Biology* 8 (2):49-51, 2008	HTM, PDF
Evidence for Selection of Pre-existing Stem Cells Rather than Induction of iPS Cells	20080501	Cell	*Logical Biology* 8 (2):52-54, 2008	HTM, PDF
iPS Confusion and Clarification	20080512	Cell Res.	*Logical Biology* 8 (2):55-56, 2008	HTM, PDF
The Final Blow-up of the Induction and Reprogramming Claim for iPS Cells	20080225	Science	*Logical Biology* 8 (2):55-56, 2008	HTM, PDF
The Real Road Blockers for Patenting iPS Cells	20080319	Nature Biotechnology	*Logical Biology* 8 (2):62-65, 2008	HTM, PDF
Further Evidence that iPS Cells Are Man-Made Cancer Cells	20080617	Nature	*Logical Biology* 8 (2):66-68, 2008	HTM, PDF
Towards a Better Understanding of Intrinsic Cell Ageing	20080809	Nature	*Logical Biology* 8 (3):69-76, 2008	HTM, PDF
Stop a Nonsense View on Aging	20081021	Nature	*Logical Biology* 8 (4):77-78, 2008	HTM, PDF
A Fundamentally Flawed Aging Study	20081021	PNAS	*Logical Biology* 8 (4):79-81, 2008	HTM, PDF
Getting Safer iPS Cells or Reaching an iPS Dead-End?	20081111	Science	*Logical Biology* 8 (4):82-86, 2008	HTM, PDF
An Incomplete and Misguided Review on Cell Polarity and Differential Inheritance	20090129	Cell	*Logical Biology* 9 (1):3-5, 2009	HTM, PDF
Toward a Realistic Re-Assessment of iPSCs	20090209	Cell	*Logical Biology* 9 (1):6-7, 2009	HTM, PDF
Embryonic and adult education on stem cells	20090307	Nature	*Logical Biology* 9 (1):8-9, 2009	HTM, PDF
Are ISCs really self-renewed?	20080219	Nature	*Logical Biology* 9 (1):10-11, 2009	HTM, PDF
Are Generation 2 iPSCs Really Safe?	20090410	Nature	*Logical Biology* 9 (1):12-13, 2009	HTM, PDF
Cancer Risk May Still Present in Episomally Transformed iPSCs	20090501	Science	*Logical Biology* 9 (1):14-15, 2009	HTM, PDF
Some Concerns about Protein-Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells (piPSCs)	20090501	Cell Stem Cell	*Logical Biology* 9 (1):16-18, 2009	HTM, PDF
Credit for Critics and a Whole Story for iPS Cells	20080327	Nature	*Scientific Ethics* 3(1): 6-7, 2008	HTM, PDF
Revolutionary publishing forms should get credit for enriching science	20080223	Nature	*Pioneer* 3(1): 1-2, 2008	HTM, PDF
Respecting a True Pioneer in Clinical Regenerative Medicine	20080518	Nature	*Pioneer* 3(1): 5-6, 2008	HTM, PDF
A Fundamentally New Perspective on the Origin and Evolution of Life	20081113	PNAS	*Pioneer* 3(1): 7-17, 2008	HTM, PDF
Spending Obama’s “infusion” money for real changes in science	20090126	Science	*Pioneer* 4(1): 1-2, 2009	HTM, PDF
Multigenic Cancer Is Distinct from Metastatic Cancer	20081007	Science	*International Medicine* 3(1): 3-4, 2008	HTM, PDF
Open the Review Process for the Public’s Best Interest	20080228	Science	*Top Watch* 3(1):4-5, 2008	HTM, PDF
EPA Still Has Many Good Scientists and Solid Science	20080307	Nature	*Top Watch* 3(1):6, 2008	HTM, PDF
Re-Learn the Polywater Lesson for iPS Cells	20080328	Cell	*Top Watch* 3(1):7-8, 2008	HTM, PDF
iPS Cells and Pseudoscience: a Huge Detour in Stem Cell Research	20080319	Cell Research	*Top Watch* 3(1):9-11, 2008	HTM, PDF
Paying Attention to the Underlying Meaning of Understatements for iPS Cells	20080123	Nature Biotechnology	*Top Watch* 3(1):12-13, 2008	HTM, PDF
Towards a Coherent Understanding of Bacterial Aging	20080323	PNAS	*Top Watch* 3(1):14-15, 2008	HTM, PDF
Towards a Correct Fundamental Understanding of Cell Life	20080330	Science	*Top Watch* 3(1):16-17, 2008	HTM, PDF
An April Fool’s Spinning on iPS Cells	20080425	Nature	*Top Watch* 3(1):18, 2008	HTM, PDF
Towards a Scientific Prediction of Earthquake	20080521	Science	*Top Watch* 3(1):26-27, 2008	HTM, PDF
Questions Regarding iPSC-based Correction of Hemophilia	20090210	PNAS	*Top Watch* 4(1):5-6, 2009	HTM, PDF
Reaching a realistic assessment on iPSCs before developing any Reasonable consent for iPSCs	20090320	PLoS Biology	*Top Watch* 4(1):7-8, 2009	HTM, PDF
Still an Incomplete Confirmation of Some Earlier Discoveries	20090417	PNAS	*Top Watch* 4(1):14-15, 2009	HTM, PDF
Plagiarism: Focusing on Low-Levels but Tolerating High-Levels?	20090306/20090522	Science	*Scientific Ethics* 4(1): 4-6, 2009	HTM, PDF
Caution against Over-Interpreting Niche-Free “Organ” Regeneration from Stem Cells	20090513	Nature	*Logical Biology* 9 (1):19-21, 2009	HTM, PDF
Plagiarism: Focusing on Low-Levels but Tolerating High-Levels?	20090306/20090522	Science	*Scientific Ethics* 4(1): 4-6, 2009	HTM, PDF
Conflict of Interest: Declare or Not to Declare?	20090505	Nature	*Scientific Ethics* 4(1): 7-8, 2009	HTM, PDF
Distinctions between iPSCs and ESCs Published Earlier	20090501	Nature	*Top Watch* 4(1):18-19, 2009	HTM, PDF
Open Public Comments to Public	20090605	Nature	*Pioneer* 4(1): 13-14, 2009	HTM, PDF
Cancer Cell Formation by iPS Techniques: Mechanisms and Testing Approaches	20090410	Stem Cells and Development	*Logical Biology* 9 (1):22-41, 2009	HTM, PDF
Distinguishing Cancerous iPSCs from ESCs	20090605	PNAS	*Top Watch* 4(1):20-23, 2009	HTM, PDF
How Many Genomes Does the Giant Bacterium Really Have?	20090602	PNAS	*Logical Biology* 9 (1):42-43, 2009	HTM, PDF
Refreshing an Old Look on iPS Cells	20090513	Cell	*Top Watch* 4(1):24-26, 2009	HTM, PDF