‘Academic fraud may be the symptom of a much more systemic problem’ - Vox magazine OPINION - It is not surprising that a case of scientific fraud occasionally comes to light, according to associate professor Empirical Political Science Alex Lehr. ‘Many of us are doing our stinking b...

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Are We Publishing Too Many Systematic Reviews That Say Nothing? The Quandary of the Empty Review

You don’t need a good question.

You just need a method.

Systematic reviews are booming - but many say absolutely nothing.

Not wrong. Just … empty.
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The Shadowy World of Academic Publishing Who does the work, who pays the price - and who profits?

We fund the research.
We write it.
We review it.
And then we pay to read it.
Explain that.
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One study. Five papers.
“Salami slicing” is distorting the evidence base, overloading peer review, and rewarding volume over quality.
And with AI, it’s about to scale.
New Substack 👇
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