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Letters, libel, and the law.

Gerald F O'Malley¹, Carl R Chudnofsky, Terry L Jenkins

¹Department of Emergency Medicine, Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA 19141, USA. omalleyg@einstein.edu

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Scientific authors and editors face libel laws, impacting publication decisions. Threats of legal action can create publication bias, skewing the medical literature.

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Area of Science:

Medical Ethics
Legal Medicine
Scientific Publishing

Background:

Scientific authors and journal editors operate under defamation laws.
Libel accusations pose significant risks within the medical literature.
Understanding these legal constraints is crucial for academic integrity.

Purpose of the Study:

To define libel in the context of medical publications.
To analyze how libel threats influence editorial decision-making.
To illustrate the resulting negative publication bias with examples.

Main Methods:

Review of legal definitions of libel pertinent to scientific publications.
Analysis of case studies involving libel accusations in medicine.
Examination of editorial policies and their response to legal threats.

Main Results:

Libel is defined as a false published statement that harms reputation.
Fear of litigation can lead editors to reject or alter scientifically sound articles.
This results in publication bias, where certain findings are less likely to be published.

Conclusions:

Defamation laws create a chilling effect on scientific discourse.
Editorial decisions must balance legal risks with the imperative to publish valid research.
Addressing publication bias requires awareness of legal influences on scientific communication.