Another scam paper published in a “scientific” journal
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Another scam paper published in a “scientific” journal
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#2"All in all, in this study we present the results of our work with fishy birds (fide Baldassarre [1]). We hypothesize that, (1) despite climate change, it is still cold in Antarctica..."
With all the problems of academia, this had me laughing for a good few minutes.
Re: Another scam paper published in a “scientific” journal
#3"All in all, in this study we present the results of our work with fishy birds (fide Baldassarre [1]). We hypothesize that, (1) despite climate change, it is still cold in Antarctica..." With all the problems of academia, this had me laughing for a good few minutes.
Using a pizza as a basis for a research paper on fish, birds, fungus, beaks, etc?
I thought this was comedy gold. Good hacker read for a Sunday.
Re: Another scam paper published in a “scientific” journal
#4I think scientific journals and other infrastructures that have the potential to greatly impact society need to put defense mechanisms in place for bad actors going forward.
Re: Another scam paper published in a “scientific” journal
#5As a lay-person who reads scientific papers sometimes because they’re referenced on HN, how do I validate the credibility of a journal? Does a directory of journals exist with scoring, or is there a strategy I can use when evaluating a paper or journal to determine credibility?
Re: Another scam paper published in a “scientific” journal
#6"All in all, in this study we present the results of our work with fishy birds (fide Baldassarre [1]). We hypothesize that, (1) despite climate change, it is still cold in Antarctica..." With all the problems of academia, this had me laughing for a good few minutes.
Using a pizza as a basis for a research paper on fish, birds, fungus, beaks, etc? I thought this was comedy gold. Good hacker read for a Sunday.
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#7I think scientific journals and other infrastructures that have the potential to greatly impact society need to put defense mechanisms in place for bad actors going forward.
Or we should stop taking (everything) published by as gospel.
Re: Another scam paper published in a “scientific” journal
#8As a lay-person who reads scientific papers sometimes because they’re referenced on HN, how do I validate the credibility of a journal? Does a directory of journals exist with scoring, or is there a strategy I can use when evaluating a paper or journal to determine credibility?
One doesn't validate the credibility of a journal; one validates the credibility of the methodology in the research.
And it then turns out that most methodology even in reputable journals are rather wanting with many objections that can be leveled against it.
A large amount of scientific research can't even be reproduced, and of much that can, even though the cold data can be reproduced, the conclusions that follow from the data are rather dubious leaps of faith.
It doesn't take much for something to be called “science”; it certainly doesn't take reproducibility, despite various claims to the contrary.
Re: Another scam paper published in a “scientific” journal
#9I think scientific journals and other infrastructures that have the potential to greatly impact society need to put defense mechanisms in place for bad actors going forward.
Or we should stop taking (everything) published by as gospel.
It is far too common indeed for people to religiously belief any conclusion so long as it is published in a format that makes it seem scientific, or worse, popular news report on such science that doesn't even retain the numbers and proffers even more spectacular claims.
Re: Another scam paper published in a “scientific” journal
#10"All in all, in this study we present the results of our work with fishy birds (fide Baldassarre [1]). We hypothesize that, (1) despite climate change, it is still cold in Antarctica..." With all the problems of academia, this had me laughing for a good few minutes.
Using a pizza as a basis for a research paper on fish, birds, fungus, beaks, etc? I thought this was comedy gold. Good hacker read for a Sunday.
My sides are hurting.
And flying fish has higher bird-to-fish-appearance-ratio than barn swallow.