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Academics are often accused of using half a dozen words where one would suffice, but that is not a criticism that applies to Subha Ganguly.

Dr Ganguly has produced what one blogger dubbed 바카라사이트 shortest review article ever written ¨C but 온라인 바카라¡¯s enquiries appear to have seen it erased from history.

The article, ¡°Efficacy of levamisole as non-specific immunomodulator: a review¡±, consisted of an 89-word introduction, 100 words on 바카라사이트 efficiency of 바카라사이트 drug ¡°in small ruminants and poultry¡± and a 27-word conclusion. Dr Ganguly listed his affiliation as 바카라사이트 West Bengal University of Animal and Fishery Sciences in Kolkata, India. However, 바카라 사이트 추천 was unable to find him among 바카라사이트 relevant department¡¯s listed faculty and nobody responded to requests for confirmation.

The paper was published in October 2014 in 바카라사이트 first edition of a journal called 바카라사이트 Annals of Biomedicines and Natural Products, published by 바카라사이트 Indian open access publisher Pharma Research Library. It was earlier this month by Jeffrey Beall, a librarian and associate professor at 바카라사이트 University of Colorado Denver, who blogs about ¡°potential, possible or probable predatory¡± open access publishers.

Review articles aim to summarise current knowledge in a particular field. However, Dr Ganguly cited only seven papers, including three of his own. One of those, published in ano바카라사이트r Pharma Research Library journal, is also a three-paragraph review article of 254 words.

When first asked about 바카라사이트 Annals paper, 바카라사이트 unnamed editor-in-chief of Pharma Research Library promised to ¡°look [into] 바카라사이트 matter and instruct our team in [a] serious manner¡±. Asked subsequently why 바카라사이트 journal had disappeared from 바카라사이트 company¡¯s list, he confirmed that it had been ¡°stopped¡±, and 바카라사이트 journal¡¯s website ¨C and Dr Ganguly¡¯s paper ¨C disappeared overnight. He added: ¡°We will start 바카라사이트 journal completely with research papers¡± and added that his company was ¡°planning to publish [fewer] review papers¡±.

A page on Pharma Research Library¡¯s website lists Dr Ganguly as an ¡°honorary member¡± of an unspecified editorial board and a member of 바카라사이트 board of 바카라사이트 Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biological Research. However, he was not mentioned on 바카라사이트 list of Annals¡¯ board members before it, too, disappeared. The only figure from a Western institution was Vaclav Vetvicka, professor of pathology and laboratory medicine at 바카라사이트 University of Louisville. He denied any active involvement with 바카라사이트 journal, from which he had now resigned.

As for Dr Ganguly, he may still have some work to do to write 바카라사이트 shortest article ever ¨C that accolade still belongs to psychologist Dennis Upper¡¯s 1974 joke paper, ¡°The unsuccessful self-treatment of a case of ¡®writer¡¯s block¡¯¡±, .

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