May 27, 2024 article from ZeroHedge.
Another look at flaws in the academic journal industry, now powered by AI to crank out more volume than ever before.
“217 year old Wiley science publisher has reportedly ‘peer reviewed’ more than 11,000 papers that were determined to be fake without ever noticing. The papers were referred to as ‘naked gobbledygook sandwiches’, Australian blogger Jo Nova wrote on her blog last week.
‘It’s not just a scam, it’s an industry,’ she said. ‘Who knew, academic journals were a $30 billion dollar industry?’“