https://www.wsj.com/science/academic-studies-research-paper-mills-journals-publishing-f5a3d4bc?
Flood of Fake Science Forces Multiple
Journal Closures
Wall Street Journal, by Nidhi Subbaraman
Posted By: DVC, 5/15/2024 5:17:34 PM
Fake studies have flooded the publishers of top scientific journals, leading to thousands of retractions and millions of dollars in lost revenue. The biggest hit has come to Wiley, a 217-year-old publisher based in Hoboken, N.J., which Tuesday will announce that it is closing 19 journals, some of which were infected by large-scale research fraud. In the past two years, Wiley has retracted more than 11,300 papers that appeared compromised, according to a spokesperson, and closed four journals. It isn’t alone: At least two other publishers have retracted hundreds of suspect papers each. Several others have pulled smaller clusters of bad papers.
I am sitting here wondering... what, if anything, will we ever be able to trust again?
It's great being awake. But it's lonely, too. Humans are meant to be in community with one another, each person with their own unique needs. And communication and trust are at the core of that.
I really wonder where this is all leading... after the house is cleaned, and the good guys have won... then what? And, how will we know?
A lot of damage control to do, for sure.