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> "In most cases the authors on these papers are not primarily scientists. A lot are students, medical students, clinicians — someone who needs a publication fo
by pvaldes 5y ago
> "In most cases the authors on these papers are not primarily scientists. A lot are students, medical students, clinicians — someone who needs a publication for a promotion".
https://retractionwatch.com/2021/11/05/anatomy-journal-retracts-13-papers/#more-123465 https://retractionwatch.com/2021/11/05/anatomy-journal-retra...
Scholars being forced to do scientific articles about anything as part of its curricula and journals accepting turds as long as they were wrapped in cash. Great results, it seems. Science for free. Wow!. Why to pay a professional of science then?