The issue focused on medical education and research in medicine. It also featured scientists from academia, science labs and laboratories that study molecular biology.

New Scientist ran the front page story "World Scientists Condemn Science Research Study," about scientists who signed a letter opposing the studies. Scientists wrote to Nature saying they had never considered scientific experiments or researchers as mere consumers of research data. They noted that scientists might feel pressure to publish studies if their academic peers published studies showing positive results. Scientists called for researchers to understand how research