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> I am confident that somewhere between 10% and 50% of papers published in good journals are wrong, meaningless or fraudulent. My experience is that this lies
by jostmey 5y ago
> I am confident that somewhere between 10% and 50% of papers published in good journals are wrong, meaningless or fraudulent.
My experience is that this lies closer to 50%. This is the real problem with academic research and it’s only getting worse over time
- phgn 5y agoJust like the trend with big news media in general -- they understandably care about popularity, not facts. Why do we listen to those journals then, for the topics we care about?