Stephen Lock
b 1929, editor, British Medical Journal
Aldeburgh, Suffolk, 18/11/95
Links to the BMJ archive
Editorial - Lessons from the Pearce affair: handling scientific fraud
Book Review - Scientific Deception (Lesley Grayson) by Stephen Lock
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Aldeburgh, Suffolk, 18/11/95 | |
As editor of the BMJ, Stephen Lock jazzed up both its looks and its contents, and doctors found, often for the first time, that it was a fascinating read. Concerned with "journalology" (the process of editing a scientific publication), Lock also studied peer review, (the evaluation by outside experts of papers submitted for publication) and played a major part in establishing the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors. In recent years he has concentrated (vainly) on trying to persuade the medical establishment that fraudulent research ought to be tackled with more rigour. Links to the BMJ archive Editorial - Lessons from the Pearce affair: handling scientific fraud Book Review - Scientific Deception (Lesley Grayson) by Stephen Lock |