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How many of these are in serious journals that actually are read by other scientists and how many of these are in low-quality predatory journals that simply hel
by krastanov 3y ago
How many of these are in serious journals that actually are read by other scientists and how many of these are in low-quality predatory journals that simply help unsuccessful scientists inflate their publication numbers for a fee?
Looking at the search results, none of these are in "real" science journals. This is just yet another way in which predatory journals are terrible for science and academia (and its public perception), but the existence of garbage journals has been a problem for 2 decades (or more?).
On the bright side, productivity at respected institutions has not been significantly hampered by predatory journals. On the other hand, academia as a whole has obviously failed to teach incoming members that this is basically fraud (partially due to the publish-or-perish culture that is now even endorsed by governments).