Article title: No credible evidence supporting claims of the laboratory engineering of SARS-CoV-2
Authors: Liu, S-L, Saif, LJ, Weiss SR, and Su, L
Journal: Emerging Microbes & Infections
Bibliometrics: Volume 9, Issue 1, Pages 505-507
DOI: 10.1080/22221751.2020.1733440
EMI would like to provide the following information related to “No credible evidence supporting claims of the laboratory engineering of SARS-CoV-2” by Shan-Lu Liu, Linda Saif, Susan Weiss, and Lishan Su, published online in Emerging Microbes & Infections on February 26, 2020:
This publication is a Commentary and, per the policy of Emerging Microbes & Infections, external peer review is not mandatory for a Commentary in the journal. Assisting authors to prepare, edit and finalize a Commentary is part of the job for Editor(s) or Editorial staff.
During the preparation of this Commentary, the authors consulted various experts for comments. Among these, Drs. Ralph S. Baric and Zhengli Shi, were asked for technical clarification about their 2015 Nature Medicine paper which was cited as Reference #7 of the Commentary. Drs. Baric and Shi did not meet the Journal’s criteria for authorship or acknowledgements; however, we note here the comments they gave to the article.