The papermilling den of Gliwice
“As you will see, there is a lot of papermilling happening in Gliwice, as if this place has suddenly become attractive to many “researchers” from different corners of the papermilling spectrum. ” – Alexander Magazinov
Tag: Poland
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
Retraction blackmail – new service by Iranian papermills
“I was asked to pay in bitcoin to avoid retraction”. – Zbigniew Leonowicz
Schneider Shorts 2.08.2024 – Philosophical and Scientific Inquiry into the Limits of Divine Power
Schneider Shorts 2.08.2024 – Two British stem cell biotechs in trouble, a baldness cure found in Pakistan, papermill clean-up in Vietnam and Thailand, a guide on finding papermill experts, Kosta’s first retraction, and finally, a Polish chemist trolls back!
Polish science eaten by Papermill Krolczyk
“Prof. Grzegorz Królczyk, Vice-Rector for Science and Development of the Opole University of Technology, was elected President of the Council for Innovation in Higher Education and Science.”
I have almost 100 manpower with me at any time
“WE DONT PAY FOR PAPERS. YOU MUST KNOW THAT THESE BEST IN THE PLANET JOURNALS GO THROUGH RIGOROUS PEER REVIEW” – Abhijit Dey, papermiller
Stop trying to make VSEL happen!
“…the best evidence for the existence of VSELs is the dismal failure of all the other much-vaunted stem-cell therapies to deliver on their promises. Since it is axiomatic that some stem-cell therapy must work, the successful cell-types must be the ones that haven’t been tried yet, which leaves VSELs.”- Smut Clyde
Meaningless and pseudoscientific potatoes
How to cook potato data. A recipe from Poland.
Cold Fusion by EU Commission: a Fleischmann-Pons revival
Cold Fusion is back, and EU Commission now funds it with €10 million. One project specifically builds on Fleischmann and Pons, the other is run by Italy’s most notorious Cold Fusion loon, Francesco Celani.
Magdalena Migocka blames students for impending retractions
Magdalena Migocka is a shooting star of plant sciences in Poland. Now she will have to retract at least two papers, for which she blames her incompetent students.
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