Well, this is a novelty. A case where tortured phrases have been substituted in the names of journals in the reference lists, so instead of "international journal of..." we have "global diary of ..." ! https://pubpeer.com/publications/7FE8E045835CC3D412E2EA141EEB7D#2
Funny, but disturbing that IEEE is still accepting AI Gobbledegook in conference abstracts. #papermills#misconduct#journals
Interesting read on #PaperMills and a criminal world that pays editors to accept papers, people paying for papers and even downright bribing!
Worrying trends!
This is a long read, and a fascinating article exposing Spanish academics that have published an unfeasible number of papers each year. As in, a paper evey couple of days.
Manipulation at scale by #PaperMills and peer review rings is rife in the industry, esp. in special issues. In a year, Hindawi identified 1700+ compromised articles to retract, using data analysis and manual checks. Mass retraction, using a standardised notice, does not wait for author responses if there is a sufficient signal of manipulation or paper mills.
There's a "perfect storm" of paper mills and reliance on legacy systems that is causing huge problems for publishers, says @catmacOA chairing yesterday's #OASPA webinar "Scholarly Communication in Crisis". What are the solutions? #PublicationEthics#PaperMills#OpenScience