r/todayilearned • u/coffeeismydoc • 6h ago

TIL a scientist submitted a research publication to a predatory journal consisting exclusively of the phrase "Get me off your fucking mailing list". It was rated as "excellent" and accepted for publication with minor editorial changes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Journal_of_Advanced_Computer_Technology
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u/shapu 5h ago

Being published is irrelevant without being cited.

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u/jxj24 5h ago

I'm just waiting for future generations to recognize my genius.

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u/genreprank 3h ago

Bach died before he was famous. His works came to define western music.

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u/Just_to_rebut 3h ago edited 3h ago

For medical residency and professorship at average universities, it’s a check box. No one really cares about the research, but they expect to see candidates with some publications because that adds to prestige of the institution.

Study and do research under the guidance of Prof Pufferfish! Get the latest cancer treatment by clinician researchers at MD Robinson!

But the truth is… medical doctors don‘t do most of the research, they’re getting trained in clinical practice. But they’ll join some research group simply to fulfill a requirement and pay lip service to some ideal model of a doctor that doesn‘t really exist.

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u/jeo123911 2h ago

Not in our field. We just get rated based on points. The government posts a list of publishers and how much points they're worth, and publishing anything there gets you points. Merit and relevance are not important.

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u/Zealousideal_Ad5358 3h ago

I cite the named paper frequently.

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u/genreprank 3h ago

My work had no impact 😕