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The '''Smithsonian peer review controversy''' concerned an article about Intelligent Design whose publication was stormily protested. At issue was the propriety of allowing an idea which runs counter to scientific orthodoxy to get any attention at all.
Specific objections were made about whether the [[peer review]] process was or was not followed properly in this case, and whether any irregularities justified the resignation or dismissal of writers or editors involved.
== Smithsonian Controversy ==
== Smithsonian Controversy ==
The '''Smithsonian controversy''' began with backlash over the publication of an article written by an [[intelligent design]] (ID) proponent in a peer-reviewed scientific journal loosely affiliated with the Smithsonian Institution ([[Smithsonian Institution|SI]]),<ref>{{hnb|Powell|2005|p=A19}}, {{hnb|Hagerty|2005}}, {{hnb|Sounder|2006}}</ref> contrary, according the the publisher, to the journal's "typical" process of also having an associate editor involved in the peer-review process.<ref name="statement">[http://www.biolsocwash.org/id_statement.html Statement from the Council of the Biological Society of Washington]</ref> An article titled ''The origin of biological information and the higher taxonomic categories'' by [[Intelligent Design|ID]] advocate [[Stephen C. Meyer]] was published in the August 4, 2004 volume of ''Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington,'' (PBSW)<ref>{{hnb|Meyer|2004|p=213-239}}</ref> [[Richard Sternberg]] was the managing editor at the journal, and also a Research Associate at the [[Smithsonian Institute|Smithsonian Institute's]] National Museum of Natural History ([[National Museum of Natural History|NMNH]]), and the issue was the last he was to work on (he had previously announced his resignation from PBSW).
The '''Smithsonian controversy''' began with backlash over the publication of an article written by an [[intelligent design]] (ID) proponent in a peer-reviewed scientific journal loosely affiliated with the Smithsonian Institution ([[Smithsonian Institution|SI]]),<ref>{{hnb|Powell|2005|p=A19}}, {{hnb|Hagerty|2005}}, {{hnb|Sounder|2006}}</ref> contrary, according the the publisher, to the journal's "typical" process of also having an associate editor involved in the peer-review process.<ref name="statement">[http://www.biolsocwash.org/id_statement.html Statement from the Council of the Biological Society of Washington]</ref> An article titled ''The origin of biological information and the higher taxonomic categories'' by [[Intelligent Design|ID]] advocate [[Stephen C. Meyer]] was published in the August 4, 2004 volume of ''Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington,'' (PBSW)<ref>{{hnb|Meyer|2004|p=213-239}}</ref> [[Richard Sternberg]] was the managing editor at the journal, and also a Research Associate at the [[Smithsonian Institute|Smithsonian Institute's]] National Museum of Natural History ([[National Museum of Natural History|NMNH]]), and the issue was the last he was to work on (he had previously announced his resignation from PBSW).