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| '''''Scientific Review of Alternative Medicine''''' (SRAM) is a ] published by the ].<ref name=CSMMH></ref> It claims to be "the only peer-reviewed journal devoted exclusively to objectively analyzing the claims of "alternative medicine." A statement "In Defence of Scientific Medicine", welcoming the founding of SRAM, was signed by a long list of notable individuals, including five ], all of whom are thus signalling their critical attitudes towards ].<ref name=signers ></ref> It was welcomed by '']'' when it started.<ref name=Science>{{cite journal |doi=10.1126/science.278.5338.581c |title=New Alternative Medicine Watchdog |year=1997 |journal=Science |volume=278 |issue=5338 |pages=581c}}</ref> | '''''Scientific Review of Alternative Medicine''''' (SRAM) is a ] published by the ].<ref name=CSMMH></ref> It claims to be "the only peer-reviewed journal devoted exclusively to objectively analyzing the claims of "alternative medicine." A statement "In Defence of Scientific Medicine", welcoming the founding of SRAM, was signed by a long list of notable individuals, including five ], all of whom are thus signalling their critical attitudes towards ].<ref name=signers ></ref> It was welcomed by '']'' when it started.<ref name=Science>{{cite journal |doi=10.1126/science.278.5338.581c |title=New Alternative Medicine Watchdog |year=1997 |journal=Science |volume=278 |issue=5338 |pages=581c}}</ref> | ||
| The SRAM website states:{{quote|The purpose of the Scientific Review of Alternative Medicine is to apply the best tools of science and reason to determine whether hypotheses are valid and treatments are effective. It will reject no claims because it fits, or fails to fit, some paradigm. It will simply seek justified answers to two questions: "Is it true?" and "Does this treatment work?"}} | The SRAM website states:{{quote|The purpose of the Scientific Review of Alternative Medicine is to apply the best tools of science and reason to determine whether hypotheses are valid and treatments are effective. It will reject no claims because it fits, or fails to fit, some paradigm. It will simply seek justified answers to two questions: "Is it true?" and "Does this treatment work?"}} | ||
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| Discipline | Alternative medicine |
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| Language | English |
| Edited by | Wallace Sampson |
| Publication details | |
| History | 1997-present |
| Publisher | Commission for Scientific Medicine and Mental Health (United States) |
| Open access | Yes |
| Standard abbreviations ISO 4 (alt) · Bluebook (alt) NLM (alt) · MathSciNet (alt  ) | |
| ISO 4 | Sci. Rev. Alternative Med. |
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| ISSN | 1095-0656 |
| LCCN | 98642211 |
| OCLC no. | 37478842 |
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Scientific Review of Alternative Medicine (SRAM) is a medical journal published by the Commission for Scientific Medicine and Mental Health. It claims to be "the only peer-reviewed journal devoted exclusively to objectively analyzing the claims of "alternative medicine." A statement "In Defence of Scientific Medicine", welcoming the founding of SRAM, was signed by a long list of notable individuals, including five Nobel laureates, all of whom are thus signalling their critical attitudes towards alternative medicine. It was welcomed by Science when it started.
The SRAM website states:
The purpose of the Scientific Review of Alternative Medicine is to apply the best tools of science and reason to determine whether hypotheses are valid and treatments are effective. It will reject no claims because it fits, or fails to fit, some paradigm. It will simply seek justified answers to two questions: "Is it true?" and "Does this treatment work?"
SRAM was established by Wallace Sampson (Stanford University) and Paul Kurtz (Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal).
SRAM was evaluated at least three times by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) for Medline/PubMed indexing, but rejected each time. In an editorial published on the journal's site, Sampson says that NLM director Donald Lindberg revealed that the first review of SRAM had been performed by fourteen individuals or organizations who support alternative medicine. Sampson contends that, because SRAM critically examines alternative medicine, such a panel of reviewers would not be able to objectively consider the journal. According to Sampson, the only information he received regarding the third review was that it was conducted by NIH independent reviewers. Sampson states, "This was not what we had in mind when requesting outside review, as there was no assurance that the reviewers were either objective or authorities in pseudoscience." As of May 2012, the journal is not listed in PubMed.
References
- Commission for Scientific Medicine and Mental Health
- Signers of the statement "In Defence of Scientific Medicine"
- "New Alternative Medicine Watchdog". Science. 278 (5338): 581c. 1997. doi:10.1126/science.278.5338.581c.
- "Journal Casts a Cold Eye On Alternative Medicine", New York Times, 30 December 1997
- Sampson, Wallace. "SRAM Editorial". (Wayback Machine archive). Scientific Review of Alternative Medicine. Retrieved 24 May 2012.