 
Science Suppression by the National Science Foundation |
In the 1950s the National Science Foundation invented the concept of secret peer-review. The consequence that followed was that the publication of scientific papers was often delayed for years or prevented by so-called "peer-reviews" from competitors whose primary aim was to debilitate or eliminate competition. To overcome that problem, in the 1990s the National Science Foundation funded the development at Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory of an author self-posting archive, where physicists and mathematicians could post their pre-prints, without interference from their competitors, making them available worldwide almost instantly. That archive underwent various name changes, eventually becoming arXiv.org.
Since its inception, arXiv.org has become the preeminent means of scientific communication in thee areas of science and mathematics it hosts. Rather than wade through the many hundreds of individual scientific journals, often having limited access without paying fees, scientists can receive by email a list of daily postings in specific areas of the scientific disciplines hosted by arXiv.org and can download scientific articles of interest without charge.
On or about 2001, key personnel responsible for developing the author self-posting archive at Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory left that organization to become employed by Cornell University. Presumably in a coordinated way, Cornell University, through a proposal to the National Science Foundation [NSF # 0132355, July 16, 2001 in the amount of $ 958,798.00] took over ownership of author self-posting archive, now called arXiv.org. The National Science Foundation continues to provide financial support for arXiv.org.
Since the inception of arXiv.org, allegations of blacklisting have arisen, including the blacklisting of Nobel Laureate Brian D. Josephson, who describes that system and defines "blacklisting" (click here for Josephson’s statement) which takes place under the guise of "moderation".
The website http://www.archivefreedom.org contains statements of some scientists and mathematicians from around the world who have been blacklisted by arXiv.org. These may represent only the tip of a very dirty iceberg.
At one point in time, J. Marvin Herndon was not only permitted to post, but to endorse others in the following categories: Astrophysics, Educational Physics, General Physics, Geophysics, History of Physics, and Space Physics. But for no legitimate reason, he is now blacklisted, stripped of the ability to endorse others, and allowed to have his papers buried where no one will see them in General physics, that is, if they are allowed to post at all. For an example of a paper in Educational Physics which was not allowed to post at all, click here.
Make no mistake, this is U. S. Government-supported censorship and science suppression done with full knowledge of the Director of the National Science Foundation and the officials of Cornell University.
