petersuber on Nostr: How #authors and #journals both benefit from publishing #AI slop. ...
How #authors and #journals both benefit from publishing #AI slop.
https://www.science.org/content/article/shoddy-commentaries-quick-and-dirty-route-higher-impact-numbers-are-rise
Authors get another publication for their resumes, perhaps a PubMed-indexed publication. If it's a #commentary, not a research article, they needn't do any new research. Journals get an #APC, citations to game their #JIF, or both.
https://www.science.org/content/article/shoddy-commentaries-quick-and-dirty-route-higher-impact-numbers-are-rise
Authors get another publication for their resumes, perhaps a PubMed-indexed publication. If it's a #commentary, not a research article, they needn't do any new research. Journals get an #APC, citations to game their #JIF, or both.