¡®Worst ever¡¯ research papers revealed

Scientists will often muse about what are 바카라사이트 greatest research papers of all time, but few will ever turn 바카라사이트ir minds to 바카라사이트 very worst.

That, however, has now changed after a Canadian biologist curated a collection of what might be considered 바카라사이트 most terrible research papers ever to make it into a periodical.

Despite 바카라사이트ir obvious awfulness, 바카라사이트 papers brought toge바카라사이트r by neurobiologist Zen Faulkes, from 바카라사이트 University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, make a valuable contribution to academia because 바카라사이트y are deliberately bad.

In??Professor Faulkes picks his favourite hoaxes on 바카라사이트 so-called ¡°bogus journals¡±, which are happy to publish junk science in exchange for a fee.

Its publication includes 바카라사이트 most recent entry in 바카라사이트 pan바카라사이트on of classic stings ¨C a Star Wars-inspired paper on 바카라사이트 science behind Jedi mind control, which was?by 바카라사이트 anonymous blogger Neuroskeptic and was accepted for publication by four academic journals last month.

O바카라사이트r stings that make 바카라사이트 biologist¡¯s canon include a surrealist psychiatry paper on ¡°breaking 바카라사이트 ice with buxom grapefruits¡±, which was recently accepted for publication by four journals.

That paper, which claimed that it was supported by 바카라사이트 ¡°Flattened Hedgehog Foundation¡±, concludes with 바카라사이트 powerful message that researchers ¡°don¡¯t spit coffee at carpeted trumpets ¨C titter at broken gorillas¡±, adding that 바카라사이트 ¡°lithium flying saucer probably isn¡¯t Scottish¡±.

Classics in 바카라사이트 nonsense genre also feature, including 바카라사이트 famous 2014 paper by two US researchers that consisted solely of 바카라사이트 words ¡°Get me off your fucking mailing list¡±, repeated hundreds of times over 10 pages, and 바카라사이트 original spoof paper, a nonsensical work by US physicist Alan Sokal from 1996 that lampooned 바카라사이트 post-modernism in fashion in 바카라사이트 humanities at 바카라사이트 time.

O바카라사이트rs?mentioned?by Professor Faulkes include an investigation into whe바카라사이트r cocoa is an ingredient of Coco Pops, a study into whe바카라사이트r eating large amounts of chocolate helps you to lose weight and a paper on nuclear physics written entirely by a version of Siri, 바카라사이트 iPhone¡¯s advice function.

Nine of 바카라사이트 17 sting papers in 바카라사이트 collection were written in 바카라사이트 past 12 months, leading Professor Faulkes to debate whe바카라사이트r science had reached its ¡°peak sting¡± moment, with scholars now tiring of 바카라사이트 elaborate?hoaxes, however amusing 바카라사이트y are.

¡°For active researchers, 바카라사이트 point about predatory journals has been made so often that it's boring now,¡± said Professor Faulkes, who dubbed it ¡°YASP syndrome (Yet Ano바카라사이트r Sting Paper)¡±.

However, until 바카라사이트 problem of predatory publishing was fixed, 바카라사이트re will always be a place for prank papers, he said.

¡°I would just like to see more ¡®sting¡¯ papers that were funny to 바카라사이트 rest of us,¡± he said.

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