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Last year the annual number of papers retracted by research journals topped 10,000 for the first time. Most analysts believe the figure is only the tip of an iceberg of scientific fraud.

“The situation has become appalling,” said Professor Dorothy Bishop of Oxford University. “The level of publishing of fraudulent papers is creating serious problems for science. In many fields it is becoming difficult to build up a cumulative approach to a subject, because we lack a solid foundation of trustworthy findings. And it’s getting worse and worse.”

The startling rise in the publication of sham science papers has its roots in China, where young doctors and scientists seeking promotion were required to have published scientific papers. Shadow organisations – known as “paper mills” – began to supply fabricated work for publication in journals there.

The practice has since spread to India, Iran, Russia, former Soviet Union states and eastern Europe, with paper mills supplying ­fabricated studies to more and more journals as increasing numbers of young ­scientists try to boost their careers by claiming false research experience. In some cases, journal editors have been bribed to accept articles, while paper mills have managed to establish their own agents as guest editors who then allow reams of ­falsified work to be published.

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[–] Seudo@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Prosecuting scientists for publishing unheard of ideas in a manner that hasn't been sanctioned by an established scholarly/religious institutions....

The solution to bad science is science.

[–] LarmyOfLone@lemm.ee 1 points 9 months ago

Well if you put it like that :D

I'm not sure you're right now. Fight fire with water, but what if you only have a teacup full of water? Meaning there could be an immense potential of energy on one side, and a small on the other. On one side you have money for careers and whatnot, on the other you have... nerds who believe ~~love~~science conquers all :D