[Irtalk] Blinded by scientific gobbledygook

[Hilton Gibson]

OTTAWA — I have just written the world’s worst science research paper: More
than incompetent, it’s a mess of plagiarism and meaningless garble.
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Now science publishers around the world are clamouring to publish it.
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They will distribute it globally and pretend it is real research, for a fee.
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It’s untrue? And parts are plagiarized? They’re fine with that.
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*Welcome to the world of science scams*, a fast-growing business that sucks
money out of research, undermines genuine scientific knowledge, and
provides fake credentials for the desperate.

http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/Blinded+scientific+gobbledygook/9757736/story.html

*​Mailers note:*
*​This is the problem making scholarly communication publishing
"commercial".​*
*Scholarly communication publishing should be a non-profit activity of
academic libraries in the internet age.*
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