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'''''Pattern Recognition in Physics''''' was an open-access journal originally published by [[Copernicus Publications]] which was established in March 2013 and terminated in January 2014. The [[editors-in-chief]] were Sid-Ali Ouadfeul ([[Algerian Petroleum Institute]]) and [[Nils-Axel Mörner]], the latter of whom is a well-known [[climate change skeptic]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://blogs.nature.com/news/2014/01/climate-comments-push-open-access-publisher-to-terminate-journal.html |title=Climate comments push open-access publisher to terminate journal |work=[[Nature News]] Blog |date=20 January 2014 |accessdateaccess-date=11 February 2014 |author=Castelvecchi, Davide}}</ref> Copernicus ceased its publication due to concerns over the publications views towards the scientific consensus of global climate change and thepublication's method of peer review., Inwhich Marchit 2014calls "nepotistic Ouadfeulreviewing reopenedand themalpractice" journal,facilitating "runviews oncontradicting private founding"the [sic][scientific <refconsensus name=NPRP>{{citeon journalclimate |url=http://wwwchange]].pattern-recognition-in-physics.com/ |title= Pattern Recognition in Physics |author= |journal= |date= March, 2014 |volume= |issue= |pages=}}</ref>

== History ==

Copernicus agreed to publish the journal because the editors claimed that the its aim would be "to publish articles about patterns recognized in the full spectrum of physical disciplines rather than to focus on climate-research-related topics."<ref name=SI/> Concerns regarding the journal's [[peer-review]] process were first raised in July 2013 by [[Jeffrey Beall]], an American librarian and critic of [[predatory open access publishing]]. Beall wrote on his blog that Mörner did not appear to be a specialist in pattern recognition and that Ouadfeul's research hashad "only been cited a couple times,." andHe wentalso onnoted tothat accuse himtwo of self-plagiarizingthe fromjournal's afirst bookfive hearticles hadwere writtenauthored inby 2012Ouadfeul himself, entitled "Wavelet Transforms and Their Recent Applications in Biology and Geoscience." Beall concluded that "This is not a good start for a journal, and the publisher ought to be concerned and take action."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://scholarlyoa.com/2013/07/16/recognizing-a-pattern-of-problems-in-pattern-recognition-in-physics/ |title=Recognizing a Pattern of Problems in "Pattern Recognition in Physics" |work=Scholarlyoa.com |date=16 July 2013 |accessdateaccess-date=11 February 2014 |author=Beall, Jeffrey |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222133717/http://scholarlyoa.com/2013/07/16/recognizing-a-pattern-of-problems-in-pattern-recognition-in-physics/ |archive-date=22 February 2014 }}</ref>

After a special issue of the journal was published in December 2013, which contained a paper in which the authors said they "doubt the continued, even accelerated, warming as claimed by the IPCC project,"<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://www.pattern-recogn-phys.net/1/205/2013/prp-1-205-2013.pdf |title=General conclusions regarding the planetary–solar–terrestrial interaction |author=Mörner, Nils-Axel |journal=Pattern Recognition in Physics |date=December 2013 |volume=1 |issue=1 |pages=205–206|doi=10.5194/prp-1-205-2013 |bibcode=2013PRP.....1..205M |doi-access=free }}</ref> Copernicus managing director Martin Rasmussen expressed concern regarding this journal;. heHe also said that "the editors selected the referees on a nepotistic basis, which we regard as malpractice in scientific publishing."<ref name=SI>{{cite web |url=httphttps://newswww.sciencemagscience.org/physicscontent/2014/01article/alleging-malpractice-climate-skeptic-papers-publisher-kills-journal-rev2 |title=Alleging 'Malpractice' With Climate Skeptic Papers, Publisher Kills Journal |work=[[Science Insider]] |date=17 January 2014 |accessdateaccess-date=1114 FebruarySeptember 20142021 |author=Stokstad, Erik}}</ref> On January 17, 2014, Copernicus Publications announced that they were terminating the journal, citing both the statement that questioned the IPCC's prediction of continued global warming and the "nepotistic" appointing of similarly-minded scientists to the journal's editorial board.<ref>{{cite webnews |url=httphttps://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2014/01/20/was-a-scientific-journal-canned-for-disagreeing-with-the-ipcc/ |title=Was a scientific journal canned for disagreeing with the IPCC? |worknewspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=20 January 2014 |accessdateaccess-date=11 February 2014 |author=Adler, Jonathan H.}}</ref>

== References ==

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