My takeaway is that "fake it 'till you make it" applies to both dogs and journals. Really, though, the problem here is that the "publish or perish" metric for

My takeaway is that "fake it 'till you make it" applies to both dogs and journals. Really, though, the problem here is that the "publish or perish" metric for careers has created demand for willing outlets. It's interesting that this can create circular authenticity, as was the case here. This seems like it also might be a driving factor behind the issues reproducing experiments--things can get published without proper peer review if the journals aren't really in it for the science. Unfortunately, I don't think there is a magic bullet here, since it's a product of a lot of disconnected incentive systems coming together to accidentally create a monster.