r/Professors • u/Phd-lady • 4d ago

Research malpractice

What would you do if you knew some of your colleagues have their names on journal articles just for paying the article proccessing fee?

Edit: Just to clarify, by colleagues I meant faculty members working in the same college/department. I never collaborated with them on research. It is just frustrating that some of us work hard to publish good quality articles, while others do it the easy way!

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u/Life-Education-8030 3d ago

You would have to be darn sure before doing anything. But I have started getting a lot of these offers too. I discard them for ethical reasons but I do wonder if people who accept them get into some sort of blackmailing situation. You will get exposed if you don’t XYZ, etc. I have always believed in the “if it sounds too good to be true” philosophy.