Post AZ9mud1UPdiOyipXaS by tomkalei@machteburch.social
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(DIR) Post #AZ9muDi8WSNcTSaES0 by tomkalei@machteburch.social
2023-03-20T16:34:28Z
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Ever wondered what a fake journal in #mathematics looks like? Follow me down the rabbit hole. I'll show you one that slipped on the slippery slope of #goldOA. #openScience #math #fakeJournal #openAccess. 👇🧵
(DIR) Post #AZ9muEYFOi4154xqfw by locagainstwall@detroitriotcity.com
2023-08-27T13:06:41.969021Z
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@tomkalei Ever wondered what a fake woman looked like? :trannycide2:
(DIR) Post #AZ9muG5bgALHqpa0JM by tomkalei@machteburch.social
2023-03-20T16:37:20Z
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Let me introduce you to https://ejpam.com/index.php/ejpam/, the European Journal of Pure and Applied Mathematics (EJPAM).It's run by a company in Maryland, USA called "New York Business Global". This is their homepage: https://nybusinessglobal.com
(DIR) Post #AZ9muIH1YgfCcow9Nw by tomkalei@machteburch.social
2023-03-20T16:39:53Z
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Let's look at some characteristics of EJPAM first. The title is quite generic because many people consider "pure" and "applied" to be a dichotomy. On the other hand, Elsevier publishes a credible journal called "Journal of pure and applied algebra".
(DIR) Post #AZ9muKUZJIgbVPHzm4 by tomkalei@machteburch.social
2023-03-20T16:40:38Z
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According to the homepage, some keywords for this math journal are: "corona", "normal", "Clive Granger", "zeros" and "0".
(DIR) Post #AZ9muMip1HHAQByPGi by tomkalei@machteburch.social
2023-03-20T16:42:31Z
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The logo is a bit curious and the aim of the journal is "to provide a medium by which a wide range of experience can be exchanged among researchers from diverse fields such as engineering, natural sciences or social sciences."
(DIR) Post #AZ9muOyUdz03PNJwyO by tomkalei@machteburch.social
2023-03-20T16:43:08Z
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The editors-in-chief are Eyüp Çetin and Baris Kiremitci. You can do your own Google search. Baris' LinkedIn profile shows a few interesting projects. Keep these in mind. Let's just note that they don't sport Oberwolfach pictures on their homepages.https://www.mfo.de/about-the-institute/history/boy-surface
(DIR) Post #AZ9muR5emJuzyAghPs by tomkalei@machteburch.social
2023-03-20T16:43:37Z
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Let's check out the ADVISORY EDITORS. It’s a remarkable list which contains not 1 or 2, but 7 dead people (among them John F. Nash)! Well, I guess they cannot really ask for their names to be removed? https://ejpam.com/index.php/ejpam/about/editorialTeam
(DIR) Post #AZ9muT8ZATQyJm43EG by tomkalei@machteburch.social
2023-03-20T16:43:55Z
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Among the people still alive are several Nobel Laureates like Paul Milgrom and Eric Maskin. The rest of the board contains high ranked mathematicians, all of whom (I suspect) don't know or don't care about being on this list.Certainly, these people are NEVER bothered or involved at all with the business of running this thing.
(DIR) Post #AZ9muV08EnsM6C8LMO by tomkalei@machteburch.social
2023-03-20T16:44:21Z
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Further down we find the AREA EDITORS. Now these must be the people actually doing editorial work, right? Well, no. This is another row of people who actually exist, have homepages, just not the Nobel laureates.A few years ago, I emailed a couple of people on this list (who are not on it anymore). They were all very surprised. Some had no idea about this, some had been contacted by the editors-in-chief by mail long ago, said something like "maybe" and then never heard about it again.
(DIR) Post #AZ9muXDK0jcAxgJuCG by tomkalei@machteburch.social
2023-03-20T16:45:05Z
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None had ever done any business handling paper or had been in contact with the journal in the last years.
(DIR) Post #AZ9muZwPs2sHQ7QwlM by tomkalei@machteburch.social
2023-03-20T16:45:30Z
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The deal seems to be that you get on this list somehow by drinking coffee in the same room as one of the editors-in-chief or what not. Then you never hear about this again. If you find out and ask to be removed, they remove you.
(DIR) Post #AZ9mud1UPdiOyipXaS by tomkalei@machteburch.social
2023-03-20T16:45:49Z
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Now we get down to the ASSOCIATE EDITORS. This is the last list, so maybe these people actually do the business. I don't know. Most of these people seem to exist. Some of them have homepages, although some do research on knee surgery, it seems.
(DIR) Post #AZ9mugsQ5IpwvkcM0O by tomkalei@machteburch.social
2023-03-20T16:46:45Z
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How do people end up on this list? I think most people are tricked into being on this list either because they are young, and it is the first time they are asked to join an editorial board. (What an honor!!!) or they are old, don’t care (academic cultures vary) and don’t check.
(DIR) Post #AZ9muijHCGiAfyM520 by tomkalei@machteburch.social
2023-03-20T16:47:05Z
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From time to time, this Journal scores massive, like this one press release from 2017 that is still their number one news item: https://inet.ox.ac.uk/news/new-publication. I think it is telling that this Oxford U news contains the word "inforamtion" and is copied from the journal homepage.
(DIR) Post #AZ9mukZmKYIoP5vWVM by tomkalei@machteburch.social
2023-03-20T16:48:16Z
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Now finally, let's look at the PAPERS! The journal publishes four numbers per year, with about 30 papers per issue for between 100 and 200 papers a year. This is #goldOA for $800 per paper (cheap!!) so you can compute the bottom line.
(DIR) Post #AZ9mumSlJbsWFuewqW by tomkalei@machteburch.social
2023-03-20T16:49:07Z
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Fun fact: If you submit a paper and withdraw later, they will still charge you $400 fee for the valuable time of their editors and referees. You can also buy a service called "Fast track review" for an additional $400. I wonder what that entails… ?
(DIR) Post #AZ9muoXnZr5yi71zyS by tomkalei@machteburch.social
2023-03-20T16:49:29Z
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Their peer-review process is described here:https://ejpam.com/index.php/ejpam/about/editorialPolicies-peerReviewProces... and I screenshotted this page just to make sure:
(DIR) Post #AZ9muqYE7Ecsw1FMv2 by tomkalei@machteburch.social
2023-03-20T16:49:49Z
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How should we judge the quality of the papers in general? When I give you a hard legit math paper from Inventiones (a TOP math journal), one from EJPAM, and one from Mathgen, the random math paper generator, how long will it take you to find out which is which?
(DIR) Post #AZ9musXEjt1T5Wnbea by tomkalei@machteburch.social
2023-03-20T16:50:09Z
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Well one curious thing is that some authors at least seem to like the journal A LOT and the journal also loves them (check out the titles !!):
(DIR) Post #AZ9muuUpRoHjAdgiB6 by tomkalei@machteburch.social
2023-03-20T16:50:20Z
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Here are a few characteristics of fake journals to guide you: Completely unreasonable editorial board with Nobel laureates: ✅ Mostly unknown authorship: ✅. Language on the homepage targets authors, not readers: ✅.
(DIR) Post #AZ9muwM2XSRWvxaiky by tomkalei@machteburch.social
2023-03-20T16:50:40Z
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Appearance of association with high profile institutions that is not real upon inspection✅: The journal is #goldOA, but requires a complete copyright transfer: ✅
(DIR) Post #AZ9muyG5SYryq4ozku by tomkalei@machteburch.social
2023-03-20T16:51:10Z
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A few more general remarks: The journal runs on the #openSource editorial system https://pkp.sfu.ca/ojs/ which makes it super easy for everyone to run their own journals. Seems like a dual use technology now, heh?
(DIR) Post #AZ9mv0BYIOQkoaiOxs by tomkalei@machteburch.social
2023-03-20T16:51:50Z
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Indexing services are swamped with newly created journals. EJPAM claims to be indexed by Web of Science, Clarivate, SCOPUS, Math Reviews. The last one is run by the very reputable American Mathmatical Society (AMS) and it's true that EJPAM is indexed.Edit: Not anymore in 2023! Thanks @AndresCaicedo
(DIR) Post #AZ9mv1zDbDkkOuxa1A by tomkalei@machteburch.social
2023-03-20T16:53:56Z
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At some point they were also indexed by our friends at @zbMATH but fortunately they stopped in 2019: https://zbmath.org/serials/?q=european+journal+of+pure+and+applied
(DIR) Post #AZ9mv69e6OTFKPrxpI by tomkalei@machteburch.social
2023-03-20T16:54:23Z
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My impression is that in 2008 when this journal started, the editors may have had good intentions and a credible vision for their endeavor. Still, they are complete outsiders to the math community, especially at this level. Business must be hard to impossible.You can check out the evolution of the editorial board on the Wayback Machine ​​https://web.archive.org/web/20071105202517/http://www.ejpam.com/?q=editorial_board.I think it is telling a story.
(DIR) Post #AZ9mv87wlgIfRj5dSK by tomkalei@machteburch.social
2023-03-20T16:54:53Z
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More information about #fakeScience is in this talk (in German but with english subtitles) by the fabulous @sveckert and cohttps://media.ccc.de/v/35c3-9744-inside_the_fake_science_factories
(DIR) Post #AZ9mvA3laC91RL9KDY by tomkalei@machteburch.social
2023-03-20T16:55:56Z
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I'll stop here. Thanks for reading, and please stand up for the integrity of science! ✊(This is a repost of a Twitter Thread from Sep 2022. Some gifs have been replaced, typos fixed and facts updated).
(DIR) Post #AZ9qQl6OD5MJAF8PpI by Flamer@clubcyberia.co
2023-08-27T13:38:18.329383Z
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I bet you're a shit stain! Light yourself on fire! Talking to you is like being raped whilst watching footage of my previous rape! Cousin lover
(DIR) Post #AZ9qieDUY4zL1PzFMe by locagainstwall@detroitriotcity.com
2023-08-27T13:49:26.732952Z
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@Flamer @tomkalei Cousin lover? Close but not quite ðŸ˜