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A researcher who claimed a breakthrough in superconductivity had two papers retracted earlier. Why was this one accepted as solid?
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A researcher who claimed a breakthrough in superconductivity had two papers retracted earlier. Why was this one accepted as solid?
A researcher who claimed a breakthrough in superconductivity had two papers retracted earlier. Why was this one accepted as solid?
An unpublished analysis suggests that there are hundreds of thousands of bogus ‘paper-mill’ articles lurking in the literature. An unpublished analysis suggests that there are hundreds of thousands of bogus ‘paper-mill’ articles lurking in the literature.
Continuing with the tradition from last two years, I will occasionally post interviews with some of the participants of the ScienceOnline2010 conference that was held in the Research Triangle Park, NC back in January. See all the interviews in this series here.
And what to do about it.