I've long said here that many top scientists have sold out for big
$$$$$$$$$ when it comes to putting their names to - to take just one
example - studies around Climate Change[tm] and it seems I was right
(as usual).
Just heard on BBC Radio 4 that there is a whole industry out there now
for printing academic papers with no value whatsoever, containing
mostly gibberish, solely for the purpose of allowing the author to
claim he's a published academic. Not only that, but for a few extra
bucks, anyone can get their "research" not only published, but
favorably peer-reviewed! So the next time anyone tells you they've had >peer-reviewed papers published, you'll know to take it with a pinch of
salt. This is basically just vanity publishing for wannabe academics.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001xdgd
And I checked on Google and there are umpteen organizations and
individuals offering this service. This *should* be a major scandal
but I'll wager nothing gets done to punish those crooks responsible.
On Wed, 20 Mar 2024 18:31:10 +0000, Cursitor Doom <cd@notformail.com>
wrote:
I've long said here that many top scientists have sold out for big >>$$$$$$$$$ when it comes to putting their names to - to take just one >>example - studies around Climate Change[tm] and it seems I was right
(as usual).
Just heard on BBC Radio 4 that there is a whole industry out there now
for printing academic papers with no value whatsoever, containing
mostly gibberish, solely for the purpose of allowing the author to
claim he's a published academic. Not only that, but for a few extra
bucks, anyone can get their "research" not only published, but
favorably peer-reviewed! So the next time anyone tells you they've had >>peer-reviewed papers published, you'll know to take it with a pinch of >>salt. This is basically just vanity publishing for wannabe academics.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001xdgd
And I checked on Google and there are umpteen organizations and
individuals offering this service. This *should* be a major scandal
but I'll wager nothing gets done to punish those crooks responsible.
All scams need an ultimate revenue source. What's this one? University >salaries?
But the "legitimate" scientific paper mill isn't much better. In many
fields, the research can't be reproduced.
And there is lots of plagiarism and, now, AI junk.
I've long said here that many top scientists have sold out for big
$$$$$$$$$ when it comes to putting their names to - to take just one
example - studies around Climate Change[tm] and it seems I was right
(as usual).
Just heard on BBC Radio 4 that there is a whole industry out there now
for printing academic papers with no value whatsoever, containing
mostly gibberish, solely for the purpose of allowing the author to
claim he's a published academic. Not only that, but for a few extra
bucks, anyone can get their "research" not only published, but
favorably peer-reviewed! So the next time anyone tells you they've had peer-reviewed papers published, you'll know to take it with a pinch of
salt. This is basically just vanity publishing for wannabe academics.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001xdgd
And I checked on Google and there are umpteen organizations and
individuals offering this service. This *should* be a major scandal
but I'll wager nothing gets done to punish those crooks responsible.
On Wed, 20 Mar 2024 18:31:10 +0000, Cursitor Doom <cd@notformail.com>
wrote:
I've long said here that many top scientists have sold out for big
$$$$$$$$$ when it comes to putting their names to - to take just one
example - studies around Climate Change[tm] and it seems I was right
(as usual).
Just heard on BBC Radio 4 that there is a whole industry out there now
for printing academic papers with no value whatsoever, containing
mostly gibberish, solely for the purpose of allowing the author to
claim he's a published academic. Not only that, but for a few extra
bucks, anyone can get their "research" not only published, but
favorably peer-reviewed! So the next time anyone tells you they've had
peer-reviewed papers published, you'll know to take it with a pinch of
salt. This is basically just vanity publishing for wannabe academics.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001xdgd
And I checked on Google and there are umpteen organizations and
individuals offering this service. This *should* be a major scandal
but I'll wager nothing gets done to punish those crooks responsible.
All scams need an ultimate revenue source. What's this one? University salaries?
But the "legitimate" scientific paper mill isn't much better. In many
fields, the research can't be reproduced.
And there is lots of plagiarism and, now, AI junk.
On Wed, 20 Mar 2024 14:29:30 -0700, john larkin <jl@650pot.com> wrote:
On Wed, 20 Mar 2024 18:31:10 +0000, Cursitor Doom <cd@notformail.com>
wrote:
I've long said here that many top scientists have sold out for big
$$$$$$$$$ when it comes to putting their names to - to take just one
example - studies around Climate Change[tm] and it seems I was right
(as usual).
Just heard on BBC Radio 4 that there is a whole industry out there now
for printing academic papers with no value whatsoever, containing
mostly gibberish, solely for the purpose of allowing the author to
claim he's a published academic. Not only that, but for a few extra
bucks, anyone can get their "research" not only published, but
favorably peer-reviewed! So the next time anyone tells you they've had
peer-reviewed papers published, you'll know to take it with a pinch of
salt. This is basically just vanity publishing for wannabe academics.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001xdgd
And I checked on Google and there are umpteen organizations and
individuals offering this service. This *should* be a major scandal
but I'll wager nothing gets done to punish those crooks responsible.
All scams need an ultimate revenue source. What's this one? University
salaries?
Not sure what you mean, John. The money comes from essentially
unqualified or partly qualified individuals who hope they can enhance
their standing or get a better job by boasting about having their
research published. No different in effect to those types who buy fake degrees and doctorates from online suppliers.
But the "legitimate" scientific paper mill isn't much better. In many
fields, the research can't be reproduced.
Too true and the BBC article does venture to suggest this also.
And there is lots of plagiarism and, now, AI junk.
AI gives a who new dimension to this plague of fakery.
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