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Plagiarism instances

 CNR Rao, 3 others in plagiarism row Feb 20, 2012 https://www.deccanherald.com/content/228708/cnr-rao-3-others-plagiarism.html

Article retraction

 Misconduct Is the Main Cause of Retractions in Life-Sciences Journals By Zoë Corbyn on October 1, 2012, Scientific American https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/misconduct-is-the-main-cause-of-retractions-in-life-sciences-journals/ A Sharp Rise in Retractions Prompts Calls for Reform By Carl Zimmer April 16, 2012, The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/17/science/rise-in-scientific-journal-retractions-prompts-calls-for-reform.html

Scholarly publishing: History and how should it be?

 The (mostly true) origins of the scientific journal, By Bonnie Swoger on July 27, 2012, Scientific American https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/information-culture/the-mostly-true-origins-of-the-scientific-journal/ Why do we need academic journals in the first place? Mathew Ingram Feb 22, 2012 https://gigaom.com/2012/02/22/why-do-we-need-academic-journals-in-the-first-place/ Cracking Open the Scientific Process By Thomas Lin Jan. 16, 2012, The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/17/science/open-science-challenges-journal-tradition-with-web-collaboration.html Publishing: Open to possibilities Stephen Pincock 27 March 2013  https://www.nature.com/articles/nj7442-539a A proposal for the future of scientific publishing in the life sciences, Plos Biology https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.3000116 The future of publishing: A new page, Nature, 27 March 2013 https://www.nature.com/articles/495425a THE FUTURE OF PUBLISHING, Nature, 2...

History of predatory publishing (in India)

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Predatory publishers are corrupting open access, Jeffrey Beall, 12 September 2012  https://www.nature.com/articles/489179a Scientific Articles Accepted (Personal Checks, Too), The New York Times, Kevin Moloney for The New York Times By Gina Kolata April 7, 2013 https://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/08/health/for-scientists-an-exploding-world-of-pseudo-academia.html Some Online Journals Will Publish Fake Science, For A Fee October 3, 2013 https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2013/10/03/228859954/some-online-journals-will-publish-fake-science-for-a-fee Publisher Threatens Librarian With $1 Billion Lawsuit, May 15, 2013 https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2013/05/15/184233141/publisher-threatens-librarian-with-1-billion-lawsuit "Get Me Off Your Fucking Mailing List" Is the Easiest Science Paper You'll Ever Read https://www.mic.com/articles/104870/this-insane-science-article-exposes-a-major-problem-in-the-science-world Sham Journal Accepts Totally Absurd But Completely App...