You won’t believe where this neurosurgery was practiced

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You won’t believe where this neurosurgery was practiced

Post by nekomatic » Fri Nov 22, 2024 10:04 pm

Move-a… side, and let the mango through… let the mango through

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Re: You won’t believe where this neurosurgery was practiced

Post by jimbob » Fri Nov 22, 2024 11:11 pm

What
Have you considered stupidity as an explanation

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Re: You won’t believe where this neurosurgery was practiced

Post by jimbob » Fri Nov 22, 2024 11:15 pm

Is it a submission to a predatory journal?
Have you considered stupidity as an explanation

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Re: You won’t believe where this neurosurgery was practiced

Post by shpalman » Sat Nov 23, 2024 8:52 am

$1945
Article publishing charge
for open access

25 days
Time to first decision
39 days
Review time
41 days
Submission to acceptance
https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/i ... se-reports

If they paid $2k to make a point I don't know what it was.
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Re: You won’t believe where this neurosurgery was practiced

Post by Allo V Psycho » Sat Nov 23, 2024 9:13 am

Looks like the standard hoax
https://www.researchgate.net/publicatio ... eferences
It's possible, according to the preprint, that the journal was persuaded to waive the charges (no, I don't know why they would do that either).
However, it might also fall into the established tradition of the Christmas edition of the journal, where academics exercise what passes among them for wit in 'spoof' articles, rather than 'hoaxes' or 'frauds'. I may have had a couple of Christmas articles published: hell, I may even have done a hoax one...
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