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At least two possible reasons, all bad. 1. Steal, increase credibility for the article and the (assumed) real authors by attaching the name of a successful res
by JoachimS 3y ago
At least two possible reasons, all bad.
1. Steal, increase credibility for the article and the (assumed) real authors by attaching the name of a successful researcher with high credibility. People need to publish a number of papers to get their degree. Doing this may help them getting published easiser. A bit like also stealing the actual contents of the paper from an already published paper.
2. Destroy the credibility of a researcher by attaching their name to a paper that is falsified, plagiarized.
My very unfounded guess is that it is more (1) than (2) at play here. But research in political science is probably more at risk to cause anger and enemies than say cosmology. Unless the research is related to dwarf planets or some such.
- bootsmann 3y agoBut (1) would assume that there are multiple authors, no? The OP claims that she was the sole author of the article.
- jhart99 3y agoIn that case, I would offer 3. The journal is trying to boost their stats. One wonders how long they thought they could have gotten away with faking articles to fill a journal...
- JoachimS 3y agoGood point, and not unheard of.
- JoachimS 3y agoAlso, looking at the article in question. It seems to suggest a policy of punishment as a solution to solving the issue of people, companies not following recycling rules: "the government should continue to closely monitor and punish violators of laws and regulations." So I'd like to add incentive (4): A way to seemingly have established researchers suggest punishment as accepted way of enforcement. Drive agenda, basically.
- JoachimS 3y agoAh, I missed that detail. Checking the actual article, and you are correct: https://www.internationalscholarsjournals.com/articles/impact-of-government-intervention-measures-on-recycling-of-wasteequipment-in-china-86363.html https://www.internationalscholarsjournals.com/articles/impac...
- foldr 3y ago> But research in political science is probably more at risk to cause anger and enemies than say cosmology. Ha! The iron rule of academia is that the lower the stakes, the more vicious the interpersonal conflicts :)