He has never been primary author on a paper in a real journal. Being a tertiary author isn't that hard.
What you say is heartening but I don't think you are turning a critical eye on this. The chemistry here is very simplistic. Heating up powdered nickel and lithium hydride? Why hasn't this already been replicated.. On Sunday, December 28, 2014, Eric Walker <eric.wal...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sun, Dec 28, 2014 at 5:46 AM, Blaze Spinnaker <blazespinna...@gmail.com > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','blazespinna...@gmail.com');>> wrote: > > http://www.researchgate.net/profile/A_Parkhomov/publications >> > > Parkhomov's publication record seems to be impressive and relevant. He > has jointly published articles with researchers at Stanford and Purdue. He > has published a number of articles in mainstream journals on astrophysics > and radiation detection, which to my mind show that he has mastered the > basics of scientific research. His focus on radiation detection supports > the radiation measurements in this replication. > > He is following a method of calorimetry used by Bazhutov, a well-known CF > researcher. Parkhomov's publication record suggests that calorimetry is > not the focus of his expertise. It is not clear how well or > poorly Parkhomov is carrying out the calorimetry, or to what extent he has > received assistance from Bazhutov or others. > > Eric > >
