Hoax Reveals Publishing Problem

摘要

SCIENTIFIC PAPERS based on taxpayer-funded research are becoming more readily available, thanks to various initiatives to spur open access to such information, ("America Opens Up to Open Access," www.ChemicalProcessing.com/ articles/2013/america-opens-up-to-open-access/). However, a Harvard researcher's "sting operation" should give readers of at least some open-access journals pause. He sent spoof papers to hundreds of such journals; far more accepted die bogus papers than rejected them.