<sod>Alfvén's work was disputed for many years by the senior scientist in space physics, the British [[mathematician]] and [[Geophysics|geophysicist]] [[Sydney Chapman (astronomer)|Sydney Chapman]].<ref>S. Chapman and J. Bartels, ‘’Geomagnetism,’’ Vol. 1 and 2, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1940.</ref> Alfvén's disagreements with Chapman stemmed in large part from trouble with the [[peer review]] system. Alfvén rarely benefited from the acceptance generally afforded senior scientists in [[scientific journal]]s. He once submitted a paper on the theory of [[magnetic storm]]s and [[Auroral light|aurora]]s to the American journal ''[[Terrestrial Magnetism and Atmospheric Electricity]]'' only to have his paper rejected on the ground that it did not agree with the theoretical calculations of conventional physics of the time.<ref>{{cite web |title=Hannes Alfvén (1908-1995) |url=http://public.lanl.gov/alp/plasma/people/alfven.html |accessdate=22 May 2012 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081222214748/http://public.lanl.gov/alp/plasma/people/alfven.html |archivedate=3 June 2014 }}</ref> He was regarded as a person with [[Fringe science|unorthodox opinion]]s in the field by many physicists,<ref>{{cite book | last = Miller | first = DJ |author2=Hersen M  | pages = http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0471520683&id=sw9QeD–bvJgC&pg=PA10 10] | title = Research Fraud in the Behavioral and Biomedical Sciences | date = 1992| isbn = 0471520683 }}</ref> R. H. Stuewer noting that "... he remained an embittered outsider, winning little respect from other scientists even after he received the Nobel Prize..."<ref>{{cite journal | first = RH | last = Stuewer  | url = http://www.springerlink.com/link.asp?id=qg36424630186274 | title = Book Reviews | date = 2006 | journal = Physics in Perspective | volume =  8 | issue = 1| pages = 104–112|bibcode = 2006PhP.....8..104S |doi = 10.1007/s00016-005-0251-5 }}</ref> and was often forced to publish his papers in obscure journals. Alfvén recalled:<eod>
<sod>Alfvén's work was disputed for many years by the senior scientist in space physics, the British [[mathematician]] and [[Geophysics|geophysicist]] [[Sydney Chapman (astronomer)|Sydney Chapman]].<ref>S. Chapman and J. Bartels, ‘’Geomagnetism,’’ Vol. 1 and 2, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1940.</ref> Alfvén's disagreements with Chapman stemmed in large part from trouble with the [[peer review]] system. Alfvén rarely benefited from the acceptance generally afforded senior scientists in [[scientific journal]]s. He once submitted a paper on the theory of [[magnetic storm]]s and [[Auroral light|aurora]]s to the American journal ''[[Terrestrial Magnetism and Atmospheric Electricity]]'' only to have his paper rejected on the ground that it did not agree with the theoretical calculations of conventional physics of the time.<ref>{{cite web |title=Hannes Alfvén (1908-1995) |url=http://public.lanl.gov/alp/plasma/people/alfven.html |accessdate=22 May 2012 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081222214748/http://public.lanl.gov/alp/plasma/people/alfven.html |archivedate=3 June 2014 }}</ref> He was regarded as a person with [[Fringe science|unorthodox opinion]]s in the field by many physicists,<ref>{{cite book | last = Miller | first = DJ |author2=Hersen M  | pages = https://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0471520683&id=sw9QeD–bvJgC&pg=PA10 10] | title = Research Fraud in the Behavioral and Biomedical Sciences | date = 1992| isbn = 0471520683 }}</ref> R. H. Stuewer noting that "... he remained an embittered outsider, winning little respect from other scientists even after he received the Nobel Prize..."<ref>{{cite journal | first = RH | last = Stuewer  | url = http://www.springerlink.com/link.asp?id=qg36424630186274 | title = Book Reviews | date = 2006 | journal = Physics in Perspective | volume =  8 | issue = 1| pages = 104–112|bibcode = 2006PhP.....8..104S |doi = 10.1007/s00016-005-0251-5 }}</ref> and was often forced to publish his papers in obscure journals. Alfvén recalled:<eod>