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Paper mills: the ‘cartel-like’ companies behind fraudulent scientific journals. (theconversation.com)
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[–] Varyk@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 hours ago

Great reminder.

bear in mind anytime you read a "scientific" article that

"the numbers of retractions soared jumped from 10 in 2019 to 2,099 in 2023."

[–] AmidFuror@fedia.io 2 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Read the headline and thought they were talking about pressing wood pulp.

[–] pastermil@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 hours ago

I'm sure they've pressed human pulp instead.