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Not to be confused with Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics. Academic journal
Journal of Cosmology
DisciplineCosmology
LanguageEnglish
Edited byRudolph Schild
Publication details
History2009–present
PublisherCosmology Science Publishers (United States)
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4 (alt) · Bluebook (alt)
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ISO 4J. Cosmol.
Indexing
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ISSN2159-063X
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Journal of Cosmology describes itself as a peer-reviewed open access scientific journal of cosmology. Established in 2009, the journal is published by Cosmology Science Publishers and edited by Rudolph Schild, a researcher at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics.

Scope

The journal publishes original theories and discoveries in cosmology, astronomy, astrobiology, and earth and planetary sciences. Contributions may cover multiple disciplines and sub-disciplines of biology, geology, physics, chemistry, extinction, and the origin and evolution of life, and Martian colonization and exploration.

In general published papers present original theories, reviews, commentary, and speculation. Also covered is analysis of similarities and differences between competing theories (Big Bang vs Steady State theory, panspermia vs abiogenesis, etc.).

Reliability

Although the journal features an editorial staff that includes one of the world's leading cosmological experts, Oxford University astrophysicist Roger Penrose, the quality of peer review at the journal has been questioned several times. In particular, the journal has been accused of promoting fringe viewpoints and speculative viewpoints on astrobiology, astrophysics, and quantum physics. Skeptical blogger and biologist PZ Myers said of the journal "... it isn't a real science journal at all, but is the... website of a small group... obsessed with the idea of Hoyle and Wickramasinghe that life originated in outer space and simply rained down on Earth."

Hoover paper controversy

In early March 2011, the journal drew widespread criticism for the publication of a paper by Richard B. Hoover, a NASA engineer, claiming evidence for panspermia, which proposes that life on Earth began on another planet, which then collided with another astronomical body, and the resulting debris carried life from the original planet to Earth. The journal dismissed the criticism as "a barrage of slanderous attacks" from "crackpots and charlatans". NASA distanced itself from Hoover's findings. In a statement issued by NASA, chief scientist Paul Hertz said that the paper had been previously submitted in 2007 to the more established International Journal of Astrobiology where it failed to be published.

On 1 April 2011, the James Randi Educational Foundation awarded Hoover and the Journal of Cosmology the tongue-in-cheek Pigasus Award for widely-dismissed claims that he had found signs of life in Mars rocks.

Indexing

The Journal of Cosmology is abstracted and indexed in Astrophysics Data System, Polymer Library, and ProQuest.

References

  1. ^ "About the Journal". Journal of Cosmology. Retrieved 27 July 2011.
  2. Nicholas K. Geranios (15 November 2010). "Scientists propose one-way trips to Mars". MSNBC. Retrieved 8 October 2011.
  3. http://www.technewsworld.com/story/72006.html
  4. I. O'Neil (7 March 2010). "NASA Refutes Alien Discovery Claim". Discovery News. Retrieved 7 March 2011.
  5. ^ P.Z. Myers (6 March 2011). "Did Scientists Discover Bacteria in Meteorites?". Pharyngula. Retrieved 6 March 2011.
  6. P. Plait (7 March 2010). "Followup Thoughts on the Meteorite Fossils Claims". Discover Magazine. Retrieved 6 March 2011.
  7. L. Battison (11 March 2011). "Microbes on a Moonbeam: Disentangling the Meteorite Microbe Claims". Science in Pen and Ink. Retrieved 12 March 2011.
  8. P.Z. Myers (23 July 2009). "An Amusingly Suspicious "Paper"". Pharyngula. Retrieved 6 March 2011.
  9. D. Dobbs (6 March 2011). "Aliens Riding Meteorites: Arsenic Redux or Something New?". Wired. Retrieved 6 March 2011.
  10. R. Redfield (6 March 2011). "Is this claim of bacteria in a meteorite any better than the 1996 one?". RRResearch. Retrieved 6 March 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: year (link)
  11. R.B. Hoover (5 March 2011). "Fossils of Cyanobacteria in CI1 Carbonaceous Meteorites". 13. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)CS1 maint: year (link)
  12. "The Controversy of the Hoover Meteorite Study: Official Statement The Journal of Cosmology, Have the Terrorists Won?". Journal of Cosmology. {{cite journal}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
    The statement was taken down, but a copy of the original can be found at D. Dobbs (10 March 2001). "Journal of Cosmology calls criticism of Hoover alien paper a witchhunt". David Dobbs's Somatic Marker. Retrieved 22 September 2011.
  13. I. Musgrave (9 March 2011). "Commentaries posted at Journal of Cosmology". Astroblog. Retrieved 12 March 2011.
  14. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-03-08/nasa-shoots-down-alien-fossil-claims/2666046A
  15. http://www.suntimes.com/news/nation/4187965-418/scientists-skeptical-of-meteorite-alien-life-claim.html
  16. R. Mestel (1 April 2011). "Dr. Oz, Andrew Wakefield and others, um, 'honored' by James Randi". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2 April 2011.

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