"More than 20% of chemistry researchers have deliberately added information they believe to be incorrect into their manuscripts during the peer review process, in order to get their papers published."
https://cen.acs.org/policy/publishing/One-five-chemists-deliberately-added/103/web/2025/10

* Primary source
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/08989621.2025.2564106
(#paywalled)

#AddedValue #Chemistry #PeerReview #Reviewer2 #ScholComm

One in five chemists have deliberately added errors into their papers during peer review, study finds

Conclusion is one of many in a report about how chemists handle errors in manuscripts

Chemical & Engineering News

From a paper*:

"In addition, upon publication, the code will also be freely available on GitHub.”

No GitHub link.

* as in, the final version in Nature Methods earlier this year

#ComingSoon #AddedValue

An accelerated publication at Nature. Sounded interesting but... um... not exactly readable. #addedValue
Offerta turistica, la Sicilia è la prima regione per imprese artigiane. La spesa dei turisti stranieri raggiunge 2.600 milioni di euro - hashtagsicilia

La Sicilia è la prima regione in Italia per imprese artigiane operanti in settori di attività interessati dalla domanda turistica. Si tratta di ben 14.886 aziende, pari al 21% dell’artigianato totale che danno lavoro a 35.836 addetti. È questa la fotografia scattata dall’Osservatorio economico di Confartigianato Sicilia che ha presentato il report sul turismo dell’estate […]

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oh, sigh... @academicchatter, when are we actually improving our knowledge dissemination?

Are we going to be like "Linux on the desktop" here?

#addedValue #publishing #fail

@StarkRG +9001%

I think the only "legitimate reason" of any #aas / #AsAService offering is when it's an optional upsell like some #hosting or #support contract that incurs real, obvious and tangible costs just to be able to facilitate them by virtue of requiring personnel and/or infrastructure.

Sicilia, seconda regione per crescita del valore aggiunto

La Sicilia cresce nel 2023, seconda in Italia per valore aggiunto. Investimenti e turismo spingono, ma il divario con il Nord e i dati pro-capite restano critici. La Sicilia cresce nel 2023, seconda in Italia per valore aggiunto. Investimenti e turismo spingono, il divario con il Nord e i dati pro-capite restano critici.

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This in a manuscript with more a than a hundred references, mind you.

#ScholarlyPublishing #AddedValue

Not only are #Malls, #BigBoxStores and #Hypermarkets are #CarCentric hells, they also fail to provide any "#AddedValue" compared to #OnlineShopping unless one needs something right now and can't wait 2-3 business days to get it shipped.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEqKtqBShTY

Like: #Groceries and #Consumeables, but why bother driving when I can walk faster to the #ALDI than unpark and park my car?

Why Big Box Stores Are Doomed, And What Might Replace Them

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@Lana I think the #WaPo deserves to die if they don't provide #AddedValue but instead do #shitposting with "#AI"...