It’s also just not fraud. Well meaning students have little alternative than to publish journal papers showing how their algorithm/method had a 0.001% improvem

It’s also just not fraud. Well meaning students have little alternative than to publish journal papers showing how their algorithm/method had a 0.001% improvement (measured by questionable metrics) because they are trying to get N publications to graduate. While discourse about such methods can be beneficial, it also tends to create too much noise that drowns out more meaningful work.