#evaluated — Public Fediverse posts
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Jetterix Pressure Nozzle Claims Evaluated: The JetHose High-Pressure Garden Hose Nozzle https://www.allforgardening.com/1714062/jetterix-pressure-nozzle-claims-evaluated-the-jethose-high-pressure-garden-hose-nozzle/ #Claims #Evaluated: #garden #HighPressure #Hose #JetHose #Jetterix #nozzle #pressure #the
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One of the world’s most cited scientists, Rafael Luque, suspended without pay for 13 years
Researchers are #evaluated by the #number of studies they #publish in #peer-#reviewed journals and by the number of times these papers are #cited by other colleagues.
The well-intentioned mechanism, however, has produced adverse effects, as explained by the British engineer Nick Wise, a researcher at Cambridge University who, in his spare time, seeks out fraud in science.
Wise has uncovered shady “#factories of scientific studies,” produced by #copying and #pasting other studies or by automatic #text #generators, and whose authorship is secretly #sold for hundreds or thousands of dollars to inflate resumes.
“I found a study by Rafael Luque whose authorship had previously been offered in a group on [the messaging platform] #Telegram,” Wise said