The Citation Payola
“The proposition that a niche of citation brokers exists, opens our eyes to other transaction options..” . Smut Clyde
By Leonid Schneider, on research integrity, biomedical ethics and academic publishing
“The proposition that a niche of citation brokers exists, opens our eyes to other transaction options..” . Smut Clyde
Schneider Shorts 14.02.2025 – the Matthew Effect in Nobel retractions, Cambridge approves of papermilling, France rewards cheatery, with Karen and her mice, fake miRNA research in Canada, and finally, qualifications you need to get a top job in Switzerland.
“Does this mean it’s time for an update on the bogus-citation economy? Leonid thought it is, and now you all must suffer for his misdirected priorities. ” – Smut Clyde
Schneider Shorts 25.10.2024 – successful papermilling in Canada and Germany, less successful papermilling in Spain and Ukraine, an open letter to Springer, UK Biobank letting bad guys in, with a dead psychologist, a Spanish cancer warrior in France, an evaporated water institute, haggling Vietnamese, and finally, why coffee and alcohol are good news.
Schneider Shorts 14.06.2024 – – Killer surgeon goes to Spanish jail, Lion of the World whitewashed in Germany, with Italy’s superstar who publishes too much, an expert of research ethics, many retractions, Dutch antivaxxery, and you won’t believe what a stupid pillock Ajan is.
“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.”
Schneider Shorts 29.09.2023 – an Egyptian cheater wiped out, superconductive fraud to be retracted again, editors finding nothing out of order, with a Mexican Photoshop artist, another dodgy correction, and finally, with eugenic, pardon, genetic evidence for segregated schools.
Schneider Shorts 17.02.2023 – Lancet’s concern for murderous surgeon, a world-renowned innovator comes to Czechia, multi-hazard approach to engineering publishing, chronic lymericks at MDPI, fake Georgians at Hindawi, with cinnamon magic from Iran, a pharma giant with a new job, and finally, Nobel facials for you to buy (if you can afford them).
Alexander Magazinov presents you two russian professors whom Elsevier and MDPI consider respectable: a Lt Colonel of putin’s mass-murdering army, and a machine-gun totting rascist. Both buy from papermills.
“here is my advice to Clarivate: better get lost. ” – Alexander Magazinov





