Logical Biology 9 (2):108-111, 2009	HISTORY RECORDED
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Shi V. Liu’s Collection of Rejections by Mainstream Journals: 2008-2009

Shi V. Liu

Eagle Institute of Molecular Medicine

Apex, NC 27502, USA

Corresponding with SVL8EPA@gmail.com

(Received 2009-12-31; accepted 2009-12-31; published 2009-12-31)

HIGHLIGHT

A list of Shi V. Liu’s manuscripts submitted to but either rejected or totally neglected by some mainstream top journals is published here. From this list, the dark side of some corrupted journals can be seen more clearly.

ABSTRACT

Over the past two years Shi V. Liu has submitted more manuscripts to some mainstream top journals. These manuscripts either pointed out the imperfect repetition of his ground-breaking pioneering discoveries or outright credit robberies or identified the mistakes in some hot trendy research and even straight misrepresentations. His fundamental discoveries on cell life especially the mortal nature for all cell life showed sharp contrast to some “immortal” views on cell life. His deep insight on cell differentiation and multicellular development and cancer formation allowed him to easily spot hypes surrounding the extremely hot iPS research. However, despite the fact that more and more evidence has come to validate his points of views, all the mainstream journals except a few such as Biology Direct and Stem Cells and Development have shut their door to Shi V. Liu. Nature even allowed some direct personal attacks on Liu which resulted in a show down in a courtroom. The provision of a list of all the manuscripts that were submitted to but rejected or even intentionally neglected by various mainstream top journals by Liu in the last two years gives us an opportunity to seriously examine the current scientific publishing practice and allows us to realize that some “top” journals are actually seriously corrupted. Thus, a revolution in scientific publishing is highly demanded.

KEY WORDS

Discovery, Repetition, Pioneer, Robbery, Credit, Neglect, Citation, Rejection, Corruption, Misconduct, Stem cell, iPSCs, Induction, Reprogramming, Misrepresentation, Hype, Cancer, Publishing, Revolution

Facts speak loud. Thus, I am not going to say anything more than what has been written into the abstract. What I need to do is to present titles of manuscripts, along with their submission dates, journals rejected/neglected them and where they were published. The published version usually contains the cover letter to the journals and the rejection notice (if there was) from the journal. Some also contain the communications with or the lack of communication from the various “corresponding authors” of the commented or criticized papers.

The list is arranged according the chronological order of the submission so that a sequential sense can be reflected for the development of the related scientific issues.

Table 1. Shi V. Liu’s 2008-2009 Collection of Rejections by Mainstream Journals.

(Ordered by submission date)

No.	Title	Submitted (y-m-d)	Rejected by	Published in
1	One Factor Dropped from the ‘Inducing’ Soup, One Piece of Evidence Added against the ‘Induction’ Claim	07-12-06	Nature Biotechnology	LB 8:39
2	IPS Cells Are Man-Made Cancer Cells	08-01-21	Cell	LB 8:16
3	Are iPS Cells Really Induced from Differentiated Cells?	08-01-23	Nature	LB 8:1
4	Paying Attention to the Underlying Meaning of Understatements for iPS Cells	08-01-23	Nature Biotechnology	TW 3:12
5	Understanding the “Reprogramming” Process in “Inducing” iPS Cells	08-01-24	Science	LB 8:19
6	On the Oct-4 Reporting Chaos	08-01-31	Cell Stem Cell	LB 8:25
7	IPS Cells versus ES Cells	08-02-02	Science	LB 8:47
8	Can Yamanaka Explain His Contradictory Statements?	08-02-05	Nature	LB 8:13
9	No More New Complexity Adding to an Already Simplified Aging Problem	08-02-11	Nature	LB 8: 8
10	Towards a Balanced View on iPS Cells	08-02-12	Cell Research & Nature	LB 8:32
11	A simple experiment to verify the ‘direct reprogramming’ claim on iPS cell ‘induction’	08-02-23	Nature	LB 8: 18
12	Revolutionary publishing forms should get credit for enriching science	08-02-23	Nature	P 3: 1
13	The Final Blow-up of the Induction and Reprogramming Claim for iPS Cells	08-02-25	Science	LB 8:57
14	Sequential Reprogramming of Differentiated Cells into iPS Cells or Sequential Differentiation of Transformed Pre-existing Stem Cells?	08-02-25	Cell Stem Cell	LB 8:27
15	Repeated applications do not validate ‘induction’ of stem cells by iPS technique	08-02-28	PNAS	LB 8:30
16	Open the Review Process for the Public’s Best Interest	08-02-28	Science	TW 3:4
17	EPA Still Has Many Good Scientists and Solid Science	08-03-07	Nature	TW 3:6
18	Allow More Reasoning and Debate in Scientific Communication	08-03-18	Science	P 3:3
19	iPS Cells and Pseudoscience: a Huge Detour in Stem Cell Research	08-03-19	Cell Research	TW 3:9
20	The Real Road Blockers for Patenting iPS Cells	08-03-19	Nature Biotechnology	LB 8:62
21	Towards a Coherent Understanding of Bacterial Aging	08-03-23	PNAS	TW 3:14
22	On the Rates of Establishing ntESC and the Hope for Improvements	08-03-26	Nature Medicine	LB 8:51
23	Credit for Critics and a Whole Story for iPS Cells	08-03-27	Nature	SE 3:6
24	Re-Learn the Polywater Lesson for iPS Cells	08-03-28	Cell	TW 3:7
25	Towards a Correct Fundamental Understanding of Cell Life	08-03-30	Science	TW 3:16
26	An April Fool’s Spinning on iPS Cells	08-04-25	Nature	TW 3:18
27	Evidence for Selection of Pre-existing Stem Cells Rather than Induction of iPS Cells	08-05-01	Cell	LB 8:52
28	iPS Confusion and Clarification	08-05-12	Cell Research	LB 8:56
29	Respecting a True Pioneer in Clinical Regenerative Medicine	08-05-18	Nature	P 3:5
30	Towards a Scientific Prediction of Earthquake	08-05-22	Nature & Science	TW 3:26
31	Towards a Better Understanding of Intrinsic Cell Ageing	08-08-09	Nature	LB 8: 69
32	Denouncing Martin Ackermann’s Repeated Credit Robberies	08-08-25	BioTechniques	SE 3: 15
33	Journal Should Press Author for the Truth	08-09-05	Science	SE 3: 23
34	Recognizing Different Views in Reviews	08-09-10	Nature	TW 3:28
35	Applaud a Noble Nobel Prize	08-10-07	Nature	TW 3:30
36	Multigenic Cancer Is Distinct from Metastatic Cancer	08-10-07	Science	IM 3:3
37	Further Clarification Required after a Nobel Prize	08-10-08	Science	TW 3:32
38	Eliminating a Highly Misrepresented Impact Factor	08-10-13	Science	SE 3: 25
39	Fundamental Mechanism for Intrinsic Ageing	08-10-21	Nature	TW 3: 34
40	Stop a Nonsense View on Aging	08-10-21	Nature	LB 8: 77
41	A Fundamentally Flawed Aging Study	08-10-21	PNAS	LB 8: 79
42	Some Concerns for Science in China	08-10-31	Science	TW 3: 39
43	On Objective Measurement of Scientific Impact	08-11-04	PNAS	TW 3: 41
44	One Step Closer to Confirm a Linkage between DNA Aging and Cell Aging	08-11-10	Nature	TW 3: 36
45	Getting Safer iPS Cells or Reaching an iPS Dead-End?	08-11-11	Science	LB 8: 82
46	A Fundamentally New Perspective on the Origin and Evolution of Life	08-11-13	PNAS	P 3: 7
47	Spending Obama’s “infusion” money for real changes in science	09-01-26	Science	P 4: 1
48	An Incomplete and Misguided Review on Cell Polarity and Differential Inheritance	09-01-29	Cell	LB 9: 3
49	Toward a Realistic Re-Assessment of iPSCs	09-02-09	Cell	LB 9: 7
50	Questions Regarding iPSC-based Correction of Hemophilia	09-02-10	PNAS	TW 4:5
51	Open Letter to Cell	09-02-12	Cell	TW 4:1
52	Are ISCs really self-renewed?	09-03-02	Nature	LB 9: 10
53	Plagiarism: Focusing on Low-Levels but Tolerating High-Levels?	09-03-06	Science	SE 4:4
54	Reaching a realistic assessment on iPSCs before developing any Reasonable consent for iPSCs	09-03-20	PLoS Biology	TW 4:7
55	Embryonic and adult education on stem cells	09-03-27	Nature	LB 9: 8
56	Cancer Cell Formation by iPS Techniques: Mechanisms and Testing Approaches	09-04-10	Stem Cells and Development	LB 9: 22
57	Are Generation 2 iPSCs Really Safe?	09-04-14	Nature	LB 9: 12
58	Still an Incomplete Confirmation of Some Earlier Discoveries	09-04-17	PNAS	TW 4:14
59	Distinctions between iPSCs and ESCs Published Earlier	09-05-01	Nature	TW 4:18
60	Cancer Risk May Still Present in Episomally Transformed iPSCs	09-05-01	Science	LB 9: 14
61	Some Concerns about Protein-Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells (piPSCs)	09-05-01	Cell Stem Cell	LB 9: 16
62	Conflict of Interest: Declare or Not to Declare?	09-05-05	Nature	SE 4:7
63	How Could This Happen?	09-05-07	PNAS	SE 4:1
64	Caution against Over-Interpreting Niche-Free “Organ” Regeneration from Stem Cells	09-05-08	Nature	LB 9: 19
65	Tragic History Already Repeated in Parts in iPSC Research	09-05-11	Science	TW 4:16
66	Refreshing an Old Look on iPS Cells	09-05-13	Cell	TW 4:24
67	How Many Genomes Does the Giant Bacterium Really Have?	09-06-02	PNAS	LB 9: 42
68	Distinguishing Cancerous iPSCs from ESCs	09-06-05	PNAS	TW 4:20
69	Open Public Comments to Public	09-06-05	Nature	P 4:13
70	Over-Stretching iPSC Findings May Cause a Breakage of Public Trust on Science	09-06-23	Nature	LB 9: 61
71	Published Insights for Distinctions between iPSCs and ESCs and Why and How	09-07-12	Cell Stem Cell	LB 9: 44
72	Understanding the Nature and Risk of Incorrectly Programmed Stem Cells (iPSCs)	09-07-21	Nature Biotechnology	LB 9: 52
73	Abandon an Empty Stochastic Model and Move Towards a Deterministic Progress for iPSC Research	09-07-24	Nature	LB 9: 69
74	iPS Mice: Passing Acid Test Or Breaking Basic Ethics?	09-08-01	Science	TW 4:27
75	A Misrepresented Research Finding well Protected by Nature	09-08-03	Nature	LB 9: 65
76	Why Do We Need “Fully Pluripotent” iPS Cells?	09-08-04	Nature	TW 4:29
77	Reasons for And Cautions against Near-Final Version Publications	09-08-13	Nature	TW 4:31
78	Alternative Views on a Recent PNAS iPSC Publication and Further Suggestions	09-08-14	PNAS	LB 9: 77
79	Medical and Ethical Concerns over Using Safety-Unproven iPSCs for	09-08-21	Cell Research	SE 4:9
80	"Induced" Eyes Might Have Captured Some Truth on Development	09-08-29	PLoS Biol	LB 9: 79
81	Your Data but My Finding: What Is Science?	09-09-19	Science	SE 4:21
82	Solid Observations Fraught with Erroneous Interpretations and Wrong Conclusions	09-10-20	Nature	LB 9: 92
83	Outright Misrepresentation Should Be an Easy Target Amenable to Invalidation	09-11-25	Nature	LB 9: 97
84	Reproduction, Reproduction, Reproduction	09-12-04	Science	TW 4:42
85	Fast Protest against a Fast Hype on iPS Cells	09-12-06	Nature	TW 4:47

* Abbreviations for new-generation journals. LB = Logical Biology, SE = Scientific Ethics, P = Pioneer, TW = Top Watch, IM = International Medicine. All of these journals can be found at http://im1.biz