All articles tagged with #publication ethics
The article explores how evolutionary pressures influence scientific publishing, highlighting issues like 'publish or perish,' the impact of metrics like h-index, the shift to open access models, and the potential for negative outcomes such as fraud and low-quality research, emphasizing the need to redesign the system for better scientific progress.
A new study highlights the widespread issue of fraudulent scientific research, with thousands of fake papers, often produced by paper mills and linked to unethical practices, polluting the scientific record and threatening trust in science. The study found significant collusion among some editors and authors, especially in countries like China and India, where publication pressure is high, and noted that current measures to combat this fraud are insufficient as the problem grows rapidly.
A study highlights the rapid growth of research fraud driven by paper mills, brokers, and predatory publishers, outpacing corrective measures like retractions, and calls for global systemic changes to combat this issue effectively.