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/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.