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So, who is the worst? Is there someone pumping out multiple new papers per day?
by irrational 2y ago
So, who is the worst? Is there someone pumping out multiple new papers per day?
- cgh 2y agoFrom the article: "Similarly, paper mills – organizations that produce fabricated or low-quality manuscripts for profit – often rely on inflated co-authorship networks to boost the metrics of paying researchers..." The article references this paper on predatory journals as the source: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12916-015-0469-2?utm_source=getftr&utm_medium=getftr&utm_campaign=getftr_pilot&getft_integrator=tfo https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12916-015-0469-2?... According to this paper more than 75% of the authors published in these journals originate in India and Africa (mostly Nigeria).