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=== James Coyne === Professor [[James Coyne]]: "I have a better record of quality and quantity of publications than any of the #PACE investigators but they somehow found me unqualified to write or review papers related to the trial. They even challenged my competence to analyze the trial data when I requested it."<ref name=":12" /> "Professor [[Michael Sharpe]] filed a '''<nowiki>@</nowiki>COPE''' complaint concerning [[Journal of Health Psychology|J Health Psych]] allowing me to review his commentary on '''<nowiki>#PACEgate</nowiki>''', citing my request for the PACE data as demonstrating bias and undeclared conflict of interest."<ref name=":12">{{Cite web | url = https://twitter.com/CoyneoftheRealm/status/1097626513565016065 | title = Prof. James C. Coyne on Twitter | last = Coyne | first = James C | date = 2019-02-18 | website = Twitter|language=en|access-date=2019-02-20 | authorlink = |archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|quote=I have a better record of quality and quantity of publications than any of the #PACE investigators but they somehow found me unqualified to write or review papers related to the trial. They even challenged my competence to analyze the trial data when I requested it|publisher=@CoyneoftheRealm}}</ref> When Coyne criticized the PACE trial on his blog hosted by [[PLOS ONE]], the PACE authors pressured PLOS ONE to forbid him from writing any further articles on the topic. According to Coyne, when he revealed this to a journalist, PLOS ONE responded by abruptly blocking him from posting altogether.<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://twitter.com/CoyneoftheRealm/status/1098326838701625354 | title = James C. Coyne on Twitter | last = Coyne | first = James C. | date = 2019-02-20 | website = Twitter|language=en|access-date=2019-02-20 | authorlink = |archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|quote=I pushed @plosone to let me reveal that I was not being allowed to post about #PACEtrial. When I hinted this to journalists after 2 years, @PLOSblogs abruptly blocked me from posting altogether. @PLOS caved to #PACE investigators and gave up its lead in #datasharing.|publisher=@CoyneoftheRealm|at=1:01 PM}}</ref><ref name="Coyne20190220">{{Cite web | url = https://twitter.com/CoyneoftheRealm/status/1098328714163695616 | title = James C. Coyne on Twitter | last = Coyne | first = James C. Coyne | date = 2019-02-20 | website = @CoyneoftheRealm|language=en|access-date=2019-02-20 | authorlink = |archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|quote=#PACE investigators insisted would be conflict of interest for me to blog about #PACEtrial if my request for data still active. So I was blocked from either posting or revealing prohibition. @PLOSblogs made untrue statement my blog was ending due to inability to monitor COI βI encourage @PLOSONE Senior Editor Joerg Heber @joergheber to correct the record with his verison of events concerning @PLOSblog Mind the Brain.|publisher=@CoyneoftheRealm|at=1:09PM}}</ref>
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