Predatory Journals Hit By 'Star Wars' Sting

["DAVID FARBER" <dfarber () me com>]

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> From: Lauren Weinstein <lauren () vortex com>
> Date: July 23, 2017 at 2:19:45 PM EDT
> To: nnsquad () nnsquad org
> Subject: [ NNSquad ] Predatory Journals Hit By 'Star Wars' Sting
>
>
> Predatory Journals Hit By 'Star Wars' Sting
>
> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/neuroskeptic/2017/07/22/predatory-journals-star-wars-sting/#.WXToS3UrKkB
>
>      "A number of so-called scientific journals have accepted a
>    Star Wars-themed spoof paper. The manuscript is an absurd mess
>    of factual errors, plagiarism and movie quotes. I know because
>    I wrote it.  Inspired by previous publishing "stings", I
>    wanted to test whether 'predatory' journals would publish an
>    obviously absurd paper. So I created a spoof manuscript about
>    "midi-chlorians" - the fictional entities which live inside
>    cells and give Jedi their powers in Star Wars. I filled it
>    with other references to the galaxy far, far away, and
>    submitted it to nine journals under the names of Dr Lucas
>    McGeorge and Dr Annette Kin."
>
> - - -
>
> --Lauren--



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