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Showing posts with label nonsensical research papers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label nonsensical research papers. Show all posts

Friday, May 28, 2021

Gibberish papers still lurk in the scientific literature [Nature, May 2021]

Title:
Gibberish papers still lurk in the scientific literature
 
Author:
Richard Van Noorden
 
Published:
Nature, 27 May 2021
 
From the article:
Nonsensical research papers generated by a computer program are still popping up in the scientific literature many years after the problem was first seen, a study has revealed1. Some publishers have told Nature they will take down the papers, which could result in more than 200 retractions.
 
1.  Cabanac, G. & Labbé, C. J. (25 May 2021). Prevalence of nonsensical algorithmically generated papers in the scientific literature. Assoc. Inf. Sci. Technol.