A great embarrassment of the scientific publishing system. I wonder if just posting articles on #preprint platforms, without prior peer review and the inherent expectation of being validated as truth that comes with that, wouldn't be a better, more trustworthy system.
"Researchers sound the alarm over tidal wave of fake papers" https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/feb/03/the-situation-has-become-appalling-fake-scientific-papers-push-research-credibility-to-crisis-point
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