Graham Kendall
@grahamkendall.bsky.social
Ethics in publishing, my other research interests, as well as personal posts
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I was passed this Google Scholar profile (via DM, so will respect the privacy).
Last year (2024) this person attraced 169 citations. This year (2025) he has attracted 862 citations (and counting).
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Last year (2024) this person attraced 169 citations. This year (2025) he has attracted 862 citations (and counting).
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I asked a Large Language Model, #LLM, to generate a SWOT (Strengths , Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats) analysis for #PredatoryPublishing. I asked it to look at it s if it was a predatory publisher. Here is what it said.
November 20, 2025 at 8:12 AM
I asked a Large Language Model, #LLM, to generate a SWOT (Strengths , Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats) analysis for #PredatoryPublishing. I asked it to look at it s if it was a predatory publisher. Here is what it said.
Is it fair to expect PhD students to publish before graduating?
Even when publication is encouraged, there’s a deeper question that’s harder to ignore: is it fair to make graduation dependent on something the student cannot control?
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Even when publication is encouraged, there’s a deeper question that’s harder to ignore: is it fair to make graduation dependent on something the student cannot control?
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November 20, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Is it fair to expect PhD students to publish before graduating?
Even when publication is encouraged, there’s a deeper question that’s harder to ignore: is it fair to make graduation dependent on something the student cannot control?
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Even when publication is encouraged, there’s a deeper question that’s harder to ignore: is it fair to make graduation dependent on something the student cannot control?
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‘Godfather of AI’ becomes first person to hit one million citations www.nature.com/articles/d41...
‘Godfather of AI’ becomes first person to hit one million citations
The milestone makes machine-learning trailblazer Yoshua Bengio the most cited researcher on Google Scholar.
www.nature.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:04 AM
‘Godfather of AI’ becomes first person to hit one million citations www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Looking at the Journal of Clinical Case Reports Medical Images and Health Sciences (JCRMHS) (ISSN: 2832-1286). I received this email (the highlight is theirs, not mine).
I'll be taking a closer look at the journal in future posts.
Journal URL: buff.ly/O5S5J1F (archived at buff.ly/MYDTEbW)
I'll be taking a closer look at the journal in future posts.
Journal URL: buff.ly/O5S5J1F (archived at buff.ly/MYDTEbW)
November 19, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Looking at the Journal of Clinical Case Reports Medical Images and Health Sciences (JCRMHS) (ISSN: 2832-1286). I received this email (the highlight is theirs, not mine).
I'll be taking a closer look at the journal in future posts.
Journal URL: buff.ly/O5S5J1F (archived at buff.ly/MYDTEbW)
I'll be taking a closer look at the journal in future posts.
Journal URL: buff.ly/O5S5J1F (archived at buff.ly/MYDTEbW)
I asked a Large Language Model, #LLM, to generate a SWOT (Strengths , Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats) analysis for #PredatoryPublishing. I asked it to look at it s if it was a librarian. Here is what it said.
November 19, 2025 at 1:46 PM
I asked a Large Language Model, #LLM, to generate a SWOT (Strengths , Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats) analysis for #PredatoryPublishing. I asked it to look at it s if it was a librarian. Here is what it said.
Are We Asking Too Much of Our Academic Staff?
The academic portfolio seems to grow heavier every year. Teaching, research, supervision and administration were once the core expectations.
The academic portfolio seems to grow heavier every year. Teaching, research, supervision and administration were once the core expectations.
November 19, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Are We Asking Too Much of Our Academic Staff?
The academic portfolio seems to grow heavier every year. Teaching, research, supervision and administration were once the core expectations.
The academic portfolio seems to grow heavier every year. Teaching, research, supervision and administration were once the core expectations.
Shadow scholars: inside Kenya’s multibillion-dollar fake-essay industry www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Shadow scholars: inside Kenya’s multibillion-dollar fake-essay industry
Sociologist Patricia Kingori is helping to expose contract cheating by scholars in high-income countries.
www.nature.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Shadow scholars: inside Kenya’s multibillion-dollar fake-essay industry www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Bug in Springer Nature metadata may be causing ‘significant, systemic’ citation inflation retractionwatch.com/2025/11/11/b...
Bug in Springer Nature metadata may be causing ‘significant, systemic’ citation inflation
Millions of researchers could be affected by a “dramatic distortion of citation counts” likely caused by flaws in how the academic publishing giant Springer Nature handles article metadata, accordi…
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November 19, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Bug in Springer Nature metadata may be causing ‘significant, systemic’ citation inflation retractionwatch.com/2025/11/11/b...
Will Asian international students turn away from the West? www.timeshighereducation.com/depth/will-a...
Will Asian international students turn away from the West?
Covid, inflation and immigration crackdowns in the anglophone ‘big four’ have fuelled speculation that Asian students will switch to cheaper, safer and friendlier options closer to home. But are we…
www.timeshighereducation.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Will Asian international students turn away from the West? www.timeshighereducation.com/depth/will-a...
Author changes name, publishes 10 papers in journals that banned him retractionwatch.com/2025/11/10/a...
Author changes name, publishes 10 papers in journals that banned him
How to render a publishing ban moot? Change your surname and just keep submitting. That’s what happened in the case of Hashem Babaei, aka Hashem Gharababaei. In 2010, the Institution of Mechanical …
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November 18, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Author changes name, publishes 10 papers in journals that banned him retractionwatch.com/2025/11/10/a...
Math is back as Clarivate boosts integrity markers in Highly Cited Researchers list retractionwatch.com/2025/11/12/m...
Math is back as Clarivate boosts integrity markers in Highly Cited Researchers list
This year’s Highly Cited Researchers are from 61 countries and regions, but 86 percent of them work in the top 10. The analysis behind this year’s Highly Cited Researchers list, released toda…
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November 18, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Math is back as Clarivate boosts integrity markers in Highly Cited Researchers list retractionwatch.com/2025/11/12/m...
Not faster but fairer: tame ‘techno-solutionism’ to build inclusive futures with AI www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/not-f...
Not faster but fairer: tame ‘techno-solutionism’ to build inclusive futures with AI
University leaders and academics must resist an open-armed embrace of AI and ask tough questions about who, really, is benefitting from its use in order to shape an inclusive future, writes Chie…
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November 18, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Not faster but fairer: tame ‘techno-solutionism’ to build inclusive futures with AI www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/not-f...
Are academics becoming overexposed on LinkedIn? buff.ly/WsMUhCL
Are academics becoming overexposed on LinkedIn?
Social media is key to building an academic network but what about the darker side of putting your professional life on global display? Larisa Yarovaya explores the balance between polished presence…
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November 17, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Are academics becoming overexposed on LinkedIn? buff.ly/WsMUhCL
International enrolments at UK business schools on the mend thepienews.com/internationa...
International enrolments at UK business schools on the mend
While some UK business schools continue to grapple with declining enrolments, there are signs the international market is improving.
thepienews.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:06 PM
International enrolments at UK business schools on the mend thepienews.com/internationa...
I received this email from Austin Journal of Clinical Case Reports (ISSN: 2381-912X), published by the Austin Publishing Group.
The journals says that it has an impact factor of 3.28 but it is not obvious (may not even be stated) where this impact comes from.
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The journals says that it has an impact factor of 3.28 but it is not obvious (may not even be stated) where this impact comes from.
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November 17, 2025 at 1:39 PM
I received this email from Austin Journal of Clinical Case Reports (ISSN: 2381-912X), published by the Austin Publishing Group.
The journals says that it has an impact factor of 3.28 but it is not obvious (may not even be stated) where this impact comes from.
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The journals says that it has an impact factor of 3.28 but it is not obvious (may not even be stated) where this impact comes from.
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I received this email from Austin Journal of Clinical Case Reports (ISSN: 2381-912X), published by the Austin Publishing Group.
I wonder what recent publications of mine that are referring to as I have never published a clinical paper?
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I wonder what recent publications of mine that are referring to as I have never published a clinical paper?
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November 17, 2025 at 8:19 AM
I received this email from Austin Journal of Clinical Case Reports (ISSN: 2381-912X), published by the Austin Publishing Group.
I wonder what recent publications of mine that are referring to as I have never published a clinical paper?
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I wonder what recent publications of mine that are referring to as I have never published a clinical paper?
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Many assume that #OpenAccess (OA) automatically means paying an article processing charge. Actually, there are several ways that researchers can publish open access without paying an #APC.
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November 17, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Many assume that #OpenAccess (OA) automatically means paying an article processing charge. Actually, there are several ways that researchers can publish open access without paying an #APC.
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It's perhaps a little ironic that this recent (or should that be future, as it is being published in 2026?) is getting some remarks on #PubPeer.
The article is available here: buff.ly/5kXkGEh
You can see the PuPeer comments here: buff.ly/09q65qO, but I'll pick up on a few points.
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The article is available here: buff.ly/5kXkGEh
You can see the PuPeer comments here: buff.ly/09q65qO, but I'll pick up on a few points.
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November 17, 2025 at 12:05 AM
It's perhaps a little ironic that this recent (or should that be future, as it is being published in 2026?) is getting some remarks on #PubPeer.
The article is available here: buff.ly/5kXkGEh
You can see the PuPeer comments here: buff.ly/09q65qO, but I'll pick up on a few points.
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The article is available here: buff.ly/5kXkGEh
You can see the PuPeer comments here: buff.ly/09q65qO, but I'll pick up on a few points.
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Just looked at the top publishing authors in 2025 (so far). These are the top five. Not saying that there is anything wrong, but jut like to have a data point whenever I remember to do it.
Source: Scopus (15 Nov 2025)
Source: Scopus (15 Nov 2025)
November 16, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Just looked at the top publishing authors in 2025 (so far). These are the top five. Not saying that there is anything wrong, but jut like to have a data point whenever I remember to do it.
Source: Scopus (15 Nov 2025)
Source: Scopus (15 Nov 2025)
Universities at risk of going bust before freshers graduate theboar.org/2025/09/univ...
The Boar
Students have been warned that “their university, department, or course might not exist in three years” amid growing sector-wide financial pressures on UK universities.
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November 16, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Universities at risk of going bust before freshers graduate theboar.org/2025/09/univ...
University rankings generate strong opinions, both positive and negative, but one thing is clear, rankings shape how institutions see themselves and how the world sees them.
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November 16, 2025 at 7:57 AM
University rankings generate strong opinions, both positive and negative, but one thing is clear, rankings shape how institutions see themselves and how the world sees them.
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Was just looking around and I saw this paper. To be honest I was shocked.
I have seen some strange things reported in peer reviewed papers but allegations of murder - that is a first for me.
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I have seen some strange things reported in peer reviewed papers but allegations of murder - that is a first for me.
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November 16, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Was just looking around and I saw this paper. To be honest I was shocked.
I have seen some strange things reported in peer reviewed papers but allegations of murder - that is a first for me.
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I have seen some strange things reported in peer reviewed papers but allegations of murder - that is a first for me.
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Recently I’ve been thinking about the support we offer PhD students. All universities do their best, and supervisors work incredibly hard. But some students still feel that they are navigating their PhD alone, particularly when it comes to publishing.
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November 15, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Recently I’ve been thinking about the support we offer PhD students. All universities do their best, and supervisors work incredibly hard. But some students still feel that they are navigating their PhD alone, particularly when it comes to publishing.
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The Source / When Academia Takes on Journalism… and Falls Short blog.cabells.com/2025/09/24/w...
The Source / When Academia Takes on Journalism… and Falls Short
This month has seen two articles published and garner significant attention on the predatory publishing phenomenon, highlighting many of the problems it creates for scholarly communications and soc…
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November 15, 2025 at 4:05 PM
The Source / When Academia Takes on Journalism… and Falls Short blog.cabells.com/2025/09/24/w...
I received this email from Austin Journal of Clinical Case Reports (ISSN: 2381-912X), published by the Austin Publishing Group.
I plan to take a look at the email a little more closely in a few future posts.
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I plan to take a look at the email a little more closely in a few future posts.
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November 15, 2025 at 1:22 PM
I received this email from Austin Journal of Clinical Case Reports (ISSN: 2381-912X), published by the Austin Publishing Group.
I plan to take a look at the email a little more closely in a few future posts.
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I plan to take a look at the email a little more closely in a few future posts.
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