petersuber on Nostr: Finally, an end to the scheme in which "foreign researchers were being paid up to ...

Finally, an end to the scheme in which "foreign researchers were being paid up to €70,000 (nearly $74,000) a year to lie about their place of employment, in order to artificially pump up #Saudi institutions in international academic #rankings."
https://english.elpais.com/science-tech/2024-12-05/dozens-of-the-worlds-most-cited-scientists-stop-falsely-claiming-to-work-in-saudi-arabia.html

Now what will happen to the professors who profited by lending their weight to this scheme?