Academic Publisher Retracts Over 11,300 Papers and Shuts 19 Journals As It Is Overwhelmed by Fraud

[TBoneTX 45,248]

Big surprise.  Not.

 

There are tools to help detect plagiarism, but it takes honest, knowledgeable reviewers to kill papers before they're accepted for publication.

 

Wiley is arguably the biggest money-grubber in academic publishing, so some chickens are home to roost.

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Academic Publisher Retracts Over 11,300 Papers and Shuts 19 Journals As It Is Overwhelmed by Fraud

 

Academic fraud is forcing Wiley, a major publisher of scientific journals, to close 19 journals after some were overwhelmed by industrial-scale research fraud.  In the last two years, Wiley has retracted over 11,300 papers containing some fraudulent content.  [...]

 

While shutting down 19 journals is impressive, keep in mind that Wiley is the home to over 2,000 titles.  The shuttered titles are all from Wiley's purchase of the Egyptian academic publisher (yes, I wrote that) Hindawi.  All that means is that the fraud is more easily detectable in low-end journals.  [...]

 

https://redstate.com/streiff/2024/06/05/academic-publisher-retracts-over-11300-papers-and-shuts-19-journals-as-it-is-overwhelmed-by-fraud-n2175087

[Family 3,988]

1 hour ago, TBoneTX said:

Big surprise.  Not.

 

There are tools to help detect plagiarism, but it takes honest, knowledgeable reviewers to kill papers before they're accepted for publication.

 

Wiley is arguably the biggest money-grubber in academic publishing, so some chickens are home to roost.

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Academic Publisher Retracts Over 11,300 Papers and Shuts 19 Journals As It Is Overwhelmed by Fraud

 

Academic fraud is forcing Wiley, a major publisher of scientific journals, to close 19 journals after some were overwhelmed by industrial-scale research fraud.  In the last two years, Wiley has retracted over 11,300 papers containing some fraudulent content.  [...]

 

While shutting down 19 journals is impressive, keep in mind that Wiley is the home to over 2,000 titles.  The shuttered titles are all from Wiley's purchase of the Egyptian academic publisher (yes, I wrote that) Hindawi.  All that means is that the fraud is more easily detectable in low-end journals.  [...]

 

https://redstate.com/streiff/2024/06/05/academic-publisher-retracts-over-11300-papers-and-shuts-19-journals-as-it-is-overwhelmed-by-fraud-n2175087

At first I thought ..ah must be AI. But on reading the article it’s old  fashioned scam… 

Reminded me of House MD episode 

 

Edited June 6 by Family

[Dashinka 24,479]

I still remember what Peter Gohossian did several years ago.  Academic publications are becoming a joke.

 

https://psmag.com/education/a-philosophers-hoax-embarrassed-several-academic-journals-was-it-satire-or-fraud 

[TBoneTX 45,248]

Those Hindawi journals were all garbage.  One quick look and it was obvious.

[TBoneTX 45,248]

How Far Have Medical Journals Fallen?  This Far

 

It's not just medical journals, actually, but the decline in medical journals matters perhaps more than that of any other kind of scientific publication.

 

Earlier today, I wrote about the retraction of an enormously influential paper on Alzheimer's disease in the journal Nature.  That paper revolutionized research into how Alzheimer's might be cured, and the fact that it was fraudulent means that 15 years of research and billions of dollars have probably been wasted.  Perhaps in that case, Nature might be forgiven because it was a case of fraud.  But how does one explain the publication of this article in The Lancet?  [...]

 

https://hotair.com/david-strom/2024/06/07/how-far-have-medical-journals-fallen-this-far-n3789831

[TBoneTX 45,248]

Most Significant Scientific Retraction Ever?

 

[...] What makes this retraction so significant is that it has driven research into Alzheimer's treatments for nearly two decades, and treatment approaches based on its conclusions have failed to yield results.

If the hypothesis that amyloid protein buildups cause Alzheimer's symptoms is wrong, Lesné is responsible for perhaps billions of wasted research dollars and two decades of scientists following a false lead.  [...]

https://hotair.com/david-strom/2024/06/07/most-significant-scientific-retraction-ever-n3789789

[Ban Hammer 13,327]

13 hours ago, TBoneTX said:

Most Significant Scientific Retraction Ever?

 

[...] What makes this retraction so significant is that it has driven research into Alzheimer's treatments for nearly two decades, and treatment approaches based on its conclusions have failed to yield results.

If the hypothesis that amyloid protein buildups cause Alzheimer's symptoms is wrong, Lesné is responsible for perhaps billions of wasted research dollars and two decades of scientists following a false lead.  [...]

https://hotair.com/david-strom/2024/06/07/most-significant-scientific-retraction-ever-n3789789

just wow.  trust the science, eh?  this is why things need peer review and all data should be made available so others can verify.  yeah, i'm talking about you, mr "hockey stick" Michael Mann........