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These content spinning techniques were once widely used in SEO search engine spam. Back then, it worked because Google couldn't spot that they were the same tex

by Veen 5y ago

These content spinning techniques were once widely used in SEO search engine spam. Back then, it worked because Google couldn't spot that they were the same text with synonyms. Presumably whatever anti-plagiarism software journals are using today is similarly limited. The motivations appear similar too. If you make academic success dependent on an artificial measure like publishing volume (or search ranking for SEO), people are going to try to game the system.

ojnabieoot 5y ago
> Presumably whatever anti-plagiarism software journals are using today is similarly limited. Sadly, I am guessing the problem here is the anti-plagiarism software was never run, nor was the article ever even read. Especially given that the issues were found disproportionately in one specific journal, this seems to be outright corruption on both sides of the equation.