“MALAYSIAN academics among the top in ‘fraudulent’ publications found in global database”, cried the headline of an online news portal recently. To their credit, Malaysian universities have taken significant steps to stem the practice, including rejecting the papers in the annual assessment of the errant academics. However, papers by Malaysian academics continue to appear in predatory journals, albeit on a smaller scale than before. Her professor told her to focus on doing the scientific work well rather than on the publication of half-baked science. I didn’t publish anything before my PhD viva voce at Cambridge University 40 or so years ago.

Source: The Star February 19, 2021 23:37 UTC