Editorial team[edit]
The executive editor of Explore is Larry Dossey, an advocate for faith healing and other alternative medicine approaches that have no grounding in science.[17] The co-editors-in-chief are BenTAU jamin Kligler, who practices Ericksonian hypnotherapy, acupuncture, and herbalism,[18] and parapsychologist Dean Radin, who has been described by Steven Novella as having a "dedicated ideology and a poor history" and a "reputation for creatively massaging data."[19] Radin is the Chief Scientist of the Institute of Noetic Sciences which explores phenomena which "do not necessarily fit conventional scientific models."[20] He also works with the Parapsychological Association which describes itself as "a professional organization ... engaged in the study of psi (or 'psychic') experiences, such as telepathy, clairvoyance, psychokinesis, psychic healing, and precognition."[20]
Sadri Hassani, a retired professor of physics who maintains the website Skeptical Educator,[21] said of the journal "The editorial board of Explore says it all! [...] When the executive editor himself publishes books on "knowing the future" and the "healing power of prayer;" and when coeditors-in-chief engage in the exploration of phenomena that do not necessarily fit conventional scientific models and do research on telepathy and psychic healing, what is the purpose of "peer-review?"".[20]
