Retractions, Walkouts Plague Science Journals Eager to Churn Out Research
Some scientists say the for-profit industry’s fast growth makes it harder to police fraud and low-quality work.
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Elsevier published 6 fake journals
Scientific publishing giant Elsevier put out a total of six publications between 2000 and 2005 that were sponsored by unnamed pharmaceutical companies and looked like peer reviewed medical journals, ...
Academic publishing is a multibillion-dollar industry. It's not always good for science
In December 2024, the editorial board of the Journal of Human Evolution resigned en masse following disagreements with the ...
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Merck published fake journal
Merck paid an undisclosed sum to Elsevier to produce several volumes of a publication that had the look of a peer-reviewed medical journal, but contained only reprinted or summarized articles--most of ...