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Science 19 January 2007:
Vol. 315. no. 5810, pp. 331 - 332
DOI: 10.1126/science.1135374
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SCIENCE AND THE MEDIA:
Breaking the Embargo

Richard Horton

Embargoed Science
by Vincent Kiernan
University of Illinois Press, Urbana, 2006. 190 pp. $30. ISBN 9780252030970.
The author argues that the practice of embargoing research publications stifles competitive journalism and favors uncritical reporting of science and medical news.
The reviewer is the editor of The Lancet, 32 Jamestown Road, London NW1 7BY, UK. E-mail: richard.horton{at}lancet.com

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