Disreputable Publications

One of the tests for validity of scientific information is if it has been published in reputable, peer-reviewed journals. In order to legitimise nonsense, people create journals which are far from reputable. Some will print anything that fits a certain ideological viewpoint, some specialise in publishing papers that have been rejected by places which have high standards, some will publish anything provided a fee is paid, some pretend to do peer review but allow the authors to nominate their own reviewers. Some do all of these things. This is a list of journals and publications where the contents should be taken with a grain of salt. Or even a bushel.

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books that you shouldn't buy but I'll get some money if you do.

• Ageless Body, Timeless Mind : The Quantum Alternative to Growing Old by Deepak Chopra
• Alternative Science : Challenging the Myths of the Scientific Establishment by Richard Milton
• The Case for Faith by Lee Strobel
• Chasing the Dragon by Jackie Pullinger
• The Courage to Heal : A Guide for Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse by Ellen Bass and Laura Davis
• Crossing Over by John Edward
• The Cure For All Advanced Cancers by Hulda Clark
• The Cure for All Cancers : Including over 100 Case Histories of Persons Cured by Hulda Clark
• The Cure for All Diseases by Hulda Clark
• The Cure For HIV / AIDS by Hulda Clark
• The Curse of Louis Pasteur by Nancy Appleton
• If You Could See What I See : The Tenets of Novus Spiritus by Sylvia Browne
• Inventing the AIDS Virus by Peter H. Duesberg and Kary Mullis
• Lick the Sugar Habit by Nancy Appleton
• Michelle Remembers by Michelle Smith and Lawrence Pazder
• SCUM Manifesto by Valerie Solanas
• Shattering the Myths of Darwinism by Richard Milton
• Syncrometer Science Laboratory Manual by Hulda Clark
• The Therapeutic Touch : How to Use Your Hands to Help to Heal by Dolores Krieger

Books with reviews:

• Agnotology: The making and unmaking of ignorance by Robert N Proctor & Londsa Schiebinger (Eds)
• The Cancer Cure That Worked! by Barry Lynes
• The Case for a Creator by Lee Strobel
• The Case for Christ by Lee Strobel
• The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
• The Six Ways Of Atheism by Geoffrey Berg

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There are journals listed in this category.

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The Chronicle of Chiropractic
Health News
Journal of the American Physicians and Surgeons
Living Wisdom Magazine
Medical Veritas International Inc
Nexus Magazine
Vertebral Subluxation Research

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I have other things to do, so you can find really comprehensive lists of bad journals at these two places. What is disturbing is how many of them there are.

• Beall's List of Predatory Journals and Publishers
• Nonrecommended Periodicals