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If you’ve read this far and still need convincing, please check out our preprint arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820 and this infographic: doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
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November 13, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Characteristics of a predatory conferences:
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• The organizer will send you a certificate of participation after paying the registration fee
openscience.cuni.cz/OSCIEN-37.html
Predatory Conferences
openscience.cuni.cz
October 24, 2025 at 3:55 PM
"Google Scholar is manipulatable" library.hkust.edu.hk/sc/manipulat...
Manipulatable Google Scholar Citation Counts
library.hkust.edu.hk
August 18, 2025 at 6:47 AM
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Also Spain: www.science.org/content/arti...
Anecdotally, I was in a P&T commission for a Catalan university this year and the focus on publications, citations, IF was very clear in the CVs (eg, IFs copied to the 3rd decimal). Candidates did have to present other things too, which were weighted.
Spain wants to change how it evaluates scientists—and end the ‘dictatorship of papers’
Officials aim to use wider range of research outputs to assess researchers at public universities
www.science.org
August 5, 2025 at 9:04 PM