Re: full disclosure of methods?

[h.rzepa (- at -) ic.ac.uk (Henry Rzepa) (Henry Rzepa)]

 Might I raise the role of the referee in this discussion. As someone who
 sees more than 100 papers a year, I have a fair idea of what people
 try to pass off as "reproducible" research. The Royal Society of
 Chemisty issues guidelines to authors, as do all reputable journals, and
 it is up to referees to impose a fair measure of quality control. I often
 question authors who quote results from perhaps an anonymous program,
 or an undisclosed version of a program, using a proprietary force field,
 with locally adjusted parameters etc. Whilst complete reproducibiliity is
 porobably unobtainable, if the referees do their job, it will help us all
 in the end!
 Dr Henry Rzepa, Dept. Chemistry, Imperial College, LONDON SW7 2AY;
 rzepa (- at -) ic.ac.uk via Eudora 1.3.1, Tel:+44  71 225 8339, Fax:+44 71 589
 3869.