Some researchers publish a new paper every five days, on average. Data trackers suspect not all their manuscripts were produced through honest labour.
  • Sphks@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    11 months ago

    Also maybe the use of AI made text? It’s easier to produce papers faster.

    Funny : this article looks like an AI made article. It’s long compared to the actual information it provides.

  • worfosaurus@lemmy-api.ten4ward.social
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    11 months ago

    Hilariously enough, the co-author quoted in this article co-authored over 70 papers in 2023. That’s well above the 60 paper/year metric they are using to determine what qualifies as “extremely productive”.

    While I agree that academia puts far too much emphasis on quantity of publications rather than quality, this is a mind-numbing level of hypocrisy.