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Industry Insights
Science and the Media, Donald Kennedy, Science Magazine Date published: 14 November 2006
- Interview and Introduction
- Michael Alvarez conducts a brief interview with speaker, Donald Kennedy. Donald is the Editor-in-Chief of Science Magazine, the former president of Stanford University and the former commissioner of the United States Food and Drug Administration. They touch on the regulatory environment during his tenure at the FDA, his career history, and his impressions on the future of scientific research.
- Chapter One: Donald Kennedy's Career at Science Magazine
- Donald Kennedy speaks about Science Magazine, the AAAS, and his experiences over the past six years as Editor-in-Chief.
- Chapter Two: Submission/Review Process at Science Magazine
- Donald Kennedy outlines the submission/review process for being published in Science. He touches on the shortcomings of the peer review process and the controversy surrounding the journal's publishing of fraudulent research from South Korea regarding stem cells.
- Chapter Three: The Peer Review Process
- Donald Kennedy segues into a series of pointers for navigating the peer review process.
- Chapter Four: Media and the Scientific Community
- Donald Kennedy talks about the relationship between the scientific community and the media. He touches on the process by which the news media covers the scientific community, where the stories come from, and the quality and accuracy of the journalism. He mentions the declining overall trend in coverage of basic science research and increased focus on Health.
- Chapter Five: Ethics and Scientific Publishing
- Kennedy discusses his take on the ethics of scientific research, and it's implications in the publishing process. He offers guidelines for staying ethical throughout a peer review, for parties on both sides of the evaluation.
- Questions & Answers
- The audience asks Donald Kennedy questions about the review process at Science, his thought process when selecting material for publication, and his overall impression of the media's relationship to the scientific community
