A Massive Fraud Ring Is Publishing Thousands of Fake Studies and the Problem is Exploding. “These Networks Are Essentially Criminal Organizations”
Organized misconduct is rapidly poisoning the global scientific record.
Organized misconduct is rapidly poisoning the global scientific record.
Studies that are "out there" tend to be picked up more, even when they're on shaky ground. Meanwhile, solid science ...
Not many scientists are careful to write well -- and this could bury their research.
It's a much-needed debate we all need to have: scientific publishing is too expensive.
The academic publishing industry is undergoing radical change.