Are peer-reviewed scientific journals subject to the Freedom of Information Act? I found this somewhat helpful page: Open Meeting Laws and Non-Profit Organizations (Digital Media Law Project).
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No. Freedom of information laws are about government information. Peer reviewed journals are not government institutions.
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What about open meeting laws? They vary from state to state but I think there's a pattern. Nov 23, 2015 at 18:48
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What about them? Do you have a question about the material you linked to? What are you trying to get at?– phoogNov 23, 2015 at 19:07
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For example, suppose I want to know if a particular article's author has received funding from a pharmaceutical company (and the author is writing about a drug trial and the drug is made by that company)? Nov 24, 2015 at 22:29
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1@aparente001 would the journal even know how the author's research was funded?– phoogNov 25, 2015 at 0:21
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