Mohamed El Naschie

Who is Mohamed El Naschie?

Mohamed El Naschie is an Egyptian engineer and former editor of a controversial journal, Chaos, Solitons and Fractals. The controversy concerned El Naschie's publication, over many years, of a large number of papers of questioned scientific merit authored by himself in his own journal with little or no apparent peer review. Published reports of his eventual departure from the editorship of the journal led to a lengthy libel court case that raised questions about the libel laws in Great Britain. The controversy has also played a role in discussions of the "impact factor" as a quality measure for scientific journals, and of the methodology of university rankings.