Bilimsel olduğunu iddia eden bir dergiden gelen maillere cevap olarak, içinde 863 kere “Get me off your f.cking mailing list” (Beni s...min mail listesinden çıkarın) ifadesi geçen bir makale yollayan akademisyen, dergiden aldığı cevap karşısında şok oldu. Cevapta, makalenin “mükemmel” olduğu ve 150 dolar karşılığında dergide yayınlanabileceği yazıyordu.
İçinde, 863 kere “Get me off your f.cking mailing list” (Beni s...min mail listesinden çıkarın) cümlesi geçen bir makale, bilimsel olduğu iddia edilen bir dergi tarafından kabul edildi. Avustralya Federasyon Üniversitesi'nde çalışan bilgisayar uzmanı Dr. Peter Vamplew, International Journal of Advanced Computer Technology dergisinden gelen davetler üzerine, aynı 7 kelimenin tekrar tekrar kullanıldığı bir makaleyi derginin editörlerine yolladı.
MÜKEMMEL BİR MAKALE
Vamplew'in gönderdiği makalede, aynı kelimelerden oluşan ara başlıklar, grafikler ve diyagramlar da bulunuyordu. Vamplew, gönderdiği makalenin yayınlanmasını beklemiyordu, ancak mail kutusuna gelen cevapta, makaleyi “okuyan” editörün içerikten çok memnun kaldığı ve makaleyi “mükemmel” bulduğu yazıyordu. IJACT, 150 dolar gibi ufak bir meblağ karşılığında makaleyi yayınlayabilirdi.
IJACT'ye gönderilen ve dergi tarafından “mükemmel” bulunan makale, aynı kelimeleri tekrar ediyor oluşunun yanı sıra, Vamplew tarafından da yazılmamıştı. Mail kutularına gelen konferans davetlerinden sıkılan David Mazieres ve Eddie Kohler tarafından 2005 yılında yazılan “makale”nin Vamplew'e ait olmadığı da dergi tarafından tespit edilmemişti.
BİLİMSEL VURGUN
Vamplew ve International Journal of Advanced Computer Technology dergisi arasında geçenler her ne kadar komik olsa da, bu durumun ortaya koydukları çok daha ciddi boyutta. Kariyerlerinde ilerlemek isteyen akademisyenlerin belli sayıda makalelerini yayınlatma zorunluluklarının bulunması, birçok akademisyeni adı dışında ciddi hiçbir yönü olmayan dergilere yöneltiyor. Vamplew'in makalesini yayınlama kararı alan IJACT gibi dergilerin akademik çevrelerde etkisi yüksek olan prestijli yayınlarda yer bulamayan makaleleri belli ücretler karşılığında yayınlıyor olması da CV'sini genişletmek isteyen akademisyenlerin ilgisini çekiyor.
Bilimsel vurgun: Tüccarlar akademiyi çürütüyor soL Portal'da yayınlanan “Bilimsel vurgun: Tüccarlar akademiyi çürütüyor” başlıklı haberde de, Vamplew örneğinde yaşananlara benzer bir şekilde Türkiye'de gerçekleşen “akademik vurgun” ortaya çıkarılmıştı. Haberde, Journal of Academic and Science Studies (Jass Studies) adlı derginin eski sayılarında o dönemde daha yayınlanmamış olan kitaplara atıf yapıldığı ortaya çıkmıştı. Akademik çevrelerde yaşanan tartışmalardan sonra, derginin eski sayıları internetten kaldırılmıştı.
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A Paper Called “Get Me Off Your F*cking Mailing List” Was Accepted By A Science Journal
The paper was accepted by the International Journal of Advanced Computer Technology, a predatory open-access publication that scams scientists.
Years ago, computer scientists David Mazières and Eddie Kohler wrote a profanity-laden 10-page paper as a joke to reply to unwanted conference invitations. It was called “Get me off Your Fucking Mailing List.”
The Standford and Harvard professors’ paper has been in circulation ever since.
Recently, the joke paper, which the two professors wrote in 2005, was accepted by the International Journal of Advanced Computer Technology.
Even though it only contains those seven words, repeated 863 times.
But despite sounding awfully distinguished, the International Journal of Advanced Computer Technology is actually a predatory open-access journal, reported io9, which spams tons of scientists by offering to publish their work, if they pay a fee.
It turns out that the authors had nothing to do with the submission, and that an Australian computer scientist had sent the PDF of the joke paper to the journal so they might stop spamming him, according to the blog Scholarly Open Access.
“Get me off Your Fucking Mailing List” was accepted by the journal, which promptly requested a fee of $150 from the authors to publish it.
An anonymous reviewer also deemed it “excellent.”
Predatory journals such as these have long been a sore spot in the scientific community. Since scientists must “publish or perish,” but can have difficulty being accepted into prestigious journals, “this has created a market for bottom feeders with impressive-sounding names and absolutely no standards,” IFLScience wrote, adding:
For a fee, they will publish anything. Unscrupulous, desperate or very naive scientists can pad out their CVs and hope no one notices the quality of some of the journals they list.
And though the International Journal of Advanced Computer Technology claims to participate in peer review, the paper’s acceptance proves otherwise.
A Paper Called “Get Me Off Your F*cking Mailing List” Was Accepted By A Science Journal
The paper was accepted by the International Journal of Advanced Computer Technology, a predatory open-access publication that scams scientists.
Years ago, computer scientists David Mazières and Eddie Kohler wrote a profanity-laden 10-page paper as a joke to reply to unwanted conference invitations. It was called “Get me off Your Fucking Mailing List.”
The Standford and Harvard professors’ paper has been in circulation ever since.
Recently, the joke paper, which the two professors wrote in 2005, was accepted by the International Journal of Advanced Computer Technology.
Even though it only contains those seven words, repeated 863 times.
But despite sounding awfully distinguished, the International Journal of Advanced Computer Technology is actually a predatory open-access journal, reported io9, which spams tons of scientists by offering to publish their work, if they pay a fee.
It turns out that the authors had nothing to do with the submission, and that an Australian computer scientist had sent the PDF of the joke paper to the journal so they might stop spamming him, according to the blog Scholarly Open Access.
“Get me off Your Fucking Mailing List” was accepted by the journal, which promptly requested a fee of $150 from the authors to publish it.
An anonymous reviewer also deemed it “excellent.”
Predatory journals such as these have long been a sore spot in the scientific community. Since scientists must “publish or perish,” but can have difficulty being accepted into prestigious journals, “this has created a market for bottom feeders with impressive-sounding names and absolutely no standards,” IFLScience wrote, adding:
For a fee, they will publish anything. Unscrupulous, desperate or very naive scientists can pad out their CVs and hope no one notices the quality of some of the journals they list.
And though the International Journal of Advanced Computer Technology claims to participate in peer review, the paper’s acceptance proves otherwise.
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