Russian journals retract more than 800 papers after ‘bombshell’ investigation

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Russian journals retract more than 800 papers after ‘bombshell’ investigation

Post by Pucksoppet » Wed Jan 08, 2020 6:42 pm

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/01/russian-journals-retract-more-800-papers-after-bombshell-investigation wrote:Academic journals in Russia are retracting more than 800 papers following a probe into unethical publication practices by a commission appointed by the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS). The moves come in the wake of several other queries suggesting the vast Russian scientific literature is riddled with plagiarism, self-plagiarism, and so-called gift authorship, in which academics become a co-author without having contributed any work.
Retraction Watch will be a bit busy...

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