杂志收到了一个简单的,巴勒斯坦难民的横断面调查。作者是一名巴勒斯坦,受雇于一家慈善机构,承担海外大学研究的基础。这项研究包含新数据和内部约束的横断面调查似乎方法论上的声音。纸被送到两个同行评议者专业知识在该地区,中东地区国际问题的经验,涉及的敏感问题的理解。修改后的论文发表。论文有一个巴勒斯坦的政治寓意,但这不是觉得偏离研究成果。鉴于作者的从属关系的明确证据,决定尊重这个人的观点,让读者得出他们自己的结论。出版电子邮件到达后几乎立即从研究员在公共卫生和主任在以色列大学“解决冲突”。他们没有问题的科学基础的文章,但袭击了审查过程,并指责政治偏见,因为他们的编辑出版的《科学论文有一个清晰的政治议程表示通过背景的选择性和误导性的陈述事实。“编辑给的回复第一作者,一起发表这封信和回复。他们还评论的对应关系,指出发布的决定是基于科学和新发现。 The editors acknowledged the politics present in both the article and correspondence, but stated that they considered their readers intelligent enough to understand such issues and take them into account. They also indicated that they would review their procedures. The two Israeli correspondents also presented a political polemic and used this to attack the editorial and peer review process. This is not dissimilar to the situation in areas such as archaeology, where nationalistic narratives have become part of the ongoing battleground of the near and Middle East. - Did the editors allow any political bias to affect the peer review or editorial decision making process?