Re: [math-fun] Springer, IEEE remove more than 120 papers
Too bad that Springer won't remove the much large number of gibberish papers in Springer "journals" that (more embarrassingly) weren't computer-generated -- except insofar as they excelled at pushing the limits of TeX. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sturgeon's_law At 01:09 PM 3/2/2014, Warren D Smith wrote:
More than 120 Computer-Generated Papers Removed by Springer and IEEE
The Springer and the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) have withdrawn more than 120 Gibberish Science and Engineering Papers after they discovered that they were computer-generated. An investigation by Cyril Labbe, computer scientist of Joseph Fourier University in Grenoble, France, resulted into list of computer-generated papers which were published in more than 30 conference proceedings between 2008 and 2013.
* Henry Baker <hbaker1@pipeline.com> [Mar 03. 2014 07:50]:
Too bad that Springer won't remove the much large number of gibberish papers in Springer "journals" that (more embarrassingly) weren't computer-generated -- except insofar as they excelled at pushing the limits of TeX.
Pointers, please.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sturgeon's_law
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Best, jj
Probably the easiest place to start would be the "journals" that accepted these fake papers in the first place. Why not start with the papers that were reviewed by these fake authors? BTW, am I the only one who thinks that there is an analogy between published journals and the bitcoin "blockchain" concept? Basically, bitcoin mining consists in "reviewing" the newest transactions ("papers" ?) for consistency with the previous blockchain. Except that the bitcoin blockchain "publishes" once every 10 minutes instead of once every month or quarter. At 02:14 AM 3/3/2014, Joerg Arndt wrote:
* Henry Baker <hbaker1@pipeline.com> [Mar 03. 2014 07:50]:
Too bad that Springer won't remove the much large number of gibberish papers in Springer "journals" that (more embarrassingly) weren't computer-generated -- except insofar as they excelled at pushing the limits of TeX.
Pointers, please.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sturgeon's_law
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