From the article, this corruption scheme goes way beyond cosigning papers. The main selling point of this corruption scheme was gaming institutional metrics. F

From the article, this corruption scheme goes way beyond cosigning papers. The main selling point of this corruption scheme was gaming institutional metrics. From the article, the Spanish researcher gamed publication metrics by co-signing huge volumes of research papers, and proceeded to sell his affiliation to the highest bidder as it allowed low-tier institutions to game rankings and bump up their standing. There's also another angle to his scheme, as his threat to the university of Cordoba consisted of "you har my interests and your university will drop in rankings".