Subversion of publishing comes to a boil: is it time to lance it?

Gin S. Malhi; Erica Bell; Kinga Szymaniak; Jeffrey C.L. Looi; Emilio Fernandez-Egea; Gregers Wegener

doi:10.1192/bjp.2025.10332

Subversion of publishing comes to a boil: is it time to lance it?

Gin S. Malhi^*
, Erica Bell
, Kinga Szymaniak
, Jeffrey C.L. Looi
, Emilio Fernandez-Egea
, Gregers Wegener

^*Corresponding author for this work

School of Medicine and Psychology

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Recent changes instituted by the US government pose a sinister threat to the integrity of science worldwide. We roundly refute the many contrived assertions that have been unfairly levelled against scientists and their natural philosophy and implore them to champion the apodictic principles of science.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	517-518
Number of pages	2
Journal	British Journal of Psychiatry
Volume	227
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.2025.10332
Publication status	Published - Aug 2025

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