Excellent interview by Katrin Schmermund with Anna Abalkina, published in Forschung&Lehre (Open Access, unfortunately only in German language) on Abalkina's research on paper mills. You can follow Abalkina on Bluesky, https://bsky.app/profile/abalkina.bsky.social.

The scale of academic misconduct is amazing, and to a certain degree it is now powered by AI. One almost unchallenged aspect of the problem is fake research data.

#papermills #researchdata #academicmisconduct #publishingreform
https://www.forschung-und-lehre.de/forschung/wir-brauchen-eine-gemeinsame-kraftanstrengung-7218

"Reviews are also produced free of charge, and editors often work without pay. This is how journals and publishers make a profit based on the prestige of their journals and the pressure to publish. This must change. But instead of resolutely tackling such systematic errors, we still talk too much about individual misconduct." (Anna Abalkina, in F&L interview, translated with DeepL)

#diamondopenaccess #publishingreform #researchassessment #sfDORA #CoARA

Excellent interview by Katrin Schmermund with Anna Abalkina, published in Forschung&Lehre (Open Access, unfortunately only in German language) on Abalkina's research on paper mills. You can follow Abalkina on Bluesky, https://bsky.app/profile/abalkina.bsky.social.

The scale of academic misconduct is amazing, and to a certain degree it is now powered by AI. One almost unchallenged aspect of the problem is fake research data.

#papermills #researchdata #academicmisconduct #publishingreform
https://www.forschung-und-lehre.de/forschung/wir-brauchen-eine-gemeinsame-kraftanstrengung-7218