Veziroglu Journal of Papermill Energy
Mu Yang and other sleuths celebrate the scholarly publishing business of the late T Nejat Veziroglu, laureate of Santilli-Galilei Gold Medal for Lifetime Commitment to True Scientific Democracy
Category: Academic Publishing
Issues of global relevance
“I like ImageTwin, but seeing things with just eyes is like hand-to-hand combat….” – Mu Yang
The Incorrigible Elsevier
“I woke up seeing Elsevier’s giant middle finger in front of my face.” – Mu Yang
Anyone can start a papermill!
“There are no capital requirements or significant technological barriers, anyone can create papers by rewriting already published works, either themselves or with the assistance of ChatGPT or other software. With a Telegram channel or WhatsApp group the papermiller can easily organise the sale of authorship” – Nick Wise
Journal of Molecular Liquids vs One-Man Papermills
Mu Yang catches two crooks, Ayman Atta and S Muthu, who flooded one Elsevier journal (and several others) with ridiculous hand-drawn fraud. Whom to believe, the peer review, or your own eyes?
With Random Precision
“These skeezy fraud-friendly journals do have their uses. Once a papermill finds them, the fakes are concentrated in one place, undiluted by genuine research results, allowing a clear picture to crystallise and delineate its papermill style.” – Smut Clyde
Retraction blackmail – new service by Iranian papermills
“I was asked to pay in bitcoin to avoid retraction”. – Zbigniew Leonowicz
Bundesverdienst-Kümmerer am Bande
“Benign-by-design, circular economy in the plastics industry, biodegradable antibiotics – the sustainable design of chemistry is the central theme of Prof. Klaus Kümmerer’s work. “
Sir Harry’s Full Withdraw
“First you are starting that this issue is fraud, which is a negative attitude. I always would like to give the other part the benefit of the doubt.” – Sir Prof. dr. Harry W.M. Steinbusch
Welcome Agent Cooperate With Us
“There is so much money flowing through this system that I don’t see what will stop the network of papermills and corrupt editors.” – Nick Wise
For Better Science 