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posted by Fnord666 on Saturday August 22 2020, @07:44PM   Printer-friendly
from the self-referential dept.

Did a journal retract your paper on homeopathy? Meet the journal that will publish your complaint:

A homeopathy journal that Elsevier dropped in the wake of concerns about excessive self-citation appears to have carved out a new niche for itself: self-pity.

In 2016, Homeopathy lost its slot on Thomson Reuters's (now Clarivate's)  influential journal rankings list after an analysis found that more than 70% of citations in the papers it published were of papers it published. That led Elsevier to cut the journal loose — although it remains in business under the umbrella of Thieme, and has since earned its impact factor back. (For more on why that's important to journals, see this story.)

Part of Homeopathy's mission under new ownership, it seems, is to criticize journals that have spurned its contributors. Well, one journal, anyway.


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  • (Score: 4, Funny) by Opportunist on Saturday August 22 2020, @10:42PM (7 children)

    by Opportunist (5545) on Saturday August 22 2020, @10:42PM (#1040542)

    I do Pizzapathy now. Works like that:

    Whenever I have a headache, I take a Pizza Cardinale. And so 2-20 hours later, my headache is gone. Sometimes, though, my headache gets worse. That shows me that the pizza is working. That's called the "initial aggravation". But after another pizza, I'm usually fine.

    Pizza Cardinale works for me. But that's not true for everyone. A friend of mine has to use pizza tonno. That doesn't work for me at all, but he swears that it's his panacea. That's quite possible, it highly depends on the person. I recommend you go and get a pizza consulting session to find out what kind of pizza is for you. Don't get discouraged if it doesn't work out immediately, for many people it takes a while until they find the right pizza for them.

    So far, though, therapy pizzas don't get paid for by most health insurances. The reason for this is big pharma who discredit therapeutic pizzas because nobody would keep swallowing their bitter pills if you can get the same effect with delicious pizzas. Don't believe their propaganda,

    And don't try to tell me it's all in my head and I'm imagining this. HE WHO CURES IS RIGHT!

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  • (Score: 2, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 22 2020, @11:55PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 22 2020, @11:55PM (#1040560)
  • (Score: 2) by barbara hudson on Sunday August 23 2020, @12:17AM (5 children)

    by barbara hudson (6443) <barbara.Jane.hudson@icloud.com> on Sunday August 23 2020, @12:17AM (#1040564) Journal
    Aren't headaches SUPPOSED to be in your head? All dressed with olives, sausage and anchovies - NO EFFING PINEAPPLE!!! It's not a Christmas ham!
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    • (Score: 2) by Subsentient on Sunday August 23 2020, @03:17AM (4 children)

      by Subsentient (1111) on Sunday August 23 2020, @03:17AM (#1040638) Homepage Journal

      Sometimes, not very often, I like pineapple on my pizza. I have one with jalapenos, black olives, and pineapple saved in my Papa John's favorites, named "Gumjob from Grandpa".

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      • (Score: 2) by driverless on Sunday August 23 2020, @05:21AM (3 children)

        by driverless (4770) on Sunday August 23 2020, @05:21AM (#1040679)

        My favourite pizza has chicken, yoghurt, bananas, coconut, cashews, and roast peach chutney. Not sure which part of Italy that one's from, but it's quite nice.

        • (Score: 2) by Bot on Sunday August 23 2020, @11:18AM

          by Bot (3902) on Sunday August 23 2020, @11:18AM (#1040741) Journal

          > Not sure which part of Italy that one's from

          Simple inference determines, with a high degree of uncertainty, that it might be out of Malagrotta. The biggest dumpster in Italy.

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        • (Score: 2) by Opportunist on Sunday August 23 2020, @04:34PM (1 child)

          by Opportunist (5545) on Sunday August 23 2020, @04:34PM (#1040832)

          That sounds less like a pizza and more like an allergy test.

          • (Score: 2) by driverless on Tuesday August 25 2020, @05:28AM

            by driverless (4770) on Tuesday August 25 2020, @05:28AM (#1041497)

            It's Tandoori chicken pizza, a traditional Italian dish.