The letter wasn't critical of the contents of CRJ, but rather the format and style. It is, however, not just unsigned letters that sometimes get our attention. He then provides a list of chiropractic journals he feels meet these criteria. CRJ was not listed among these journals. Raising the issue of editorial autonomy and then conspicuously omitting CRJ from the list of journals supposedly having such autonomy, as has been done in recent months, causes one to question the motives of doing so.
Editorial autonomy is to a scientific journal as academic freedom is to higher education.
It is unthinkable that an editor of a scientific journal would be pressured into including a manuscript rejected by the editorial board or forced to reject a paper approved by the editorial board. At CRJ manuscripts are rejected or approved based on the recommendations of the editorial board as to how well they meet the established criteria. Papers are rejected if they are not subluxation-related. They are rejected if they misuse or abuse the rules of science. In other words, if they are bad science.