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Steve_N

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5. garbage science

Reply to icymist (Original post)

Wed May 10, 2023, 08:09 AM

May 2023

"Sabel’s tool relies on just two indicators—authors who use private, noninstitutional email addresses, and those who list an affiliation with a hospital".

... or in other words: this "research" is complete and utter garbage.

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Fake scientific papers are alarmingly common [View all] icymist May 2023 OP

That's truly scary. PoindexterOglethorpe May 2023 #1

Somebody cited pubmed to me the other day to validate some absurd claim. niyad May 2023 #2

Wow! n/t Lulu KC May 2023 #4

Crazy and scary 🤯 Beakybird May 2023 #3

garbage science Steve_N May 2023 #5

Welcome to DU! RussBLib May 2023 #6

The first question is why a preprint is being used as source material for an article in Science. xocetaceans May 2023 #7

"Publish or perish" incentivize paper mills and now AI. BadgerKid May 2023 #8