Thread by @Prof_FSultana

Horrific to see the volume of bad 'research' articles published not only by predatory journals, but the fake publications being generated w AI help. I'm seeing even more applicants with questionable publications in obscure journals as CV padding.😒 Assess wisely! #AcademicChatter

Academics, students, researchers who create rapid publications with poor/fake research will inflate their CVs & h-index through dishonest means. Their work will get cited & used, creating disastrous ripple effects. Imagine your doc treating you based on such shoddy 'research'.😡

All faculty & scholars should be very wary of what they read & give credence to. Don't believe everything having a DOI number to be credible. Assess critically.

Here's some evidence already of why you shouldn't believe everything you read. Assess the journal's peer-review process & also the scholar's body of scholarship/training. Collect evidence from multiple sources. Fake, plagiarized, now AI-generated work too! science.org/content/articl…

Those who fall for voluminous quantity of publications by an author will be more the fool if they don't critically assess for quality. Now with AI-assisted writing, even students are publishing unvetted/un-researched & getting into grad school, getting fellowships, etc. 🤦‍♀️

I really hope karma bites such awful people where it hurts. Generating CV-padders with shoddy 'research' in questionable journals using shoddy/no reviewers results in creating garbage in the scholarly space. It skews what our students read/learn, influences policy, creates harm😒

If you are one of those people reading this thread, thinking 'eh, it's only a few papers from me', then multiple that by millions. That's the long-lasting harm being created by every single faker. Put in the work, do the research & legwork, or don't do it at all. Remember karma.