Predatory Journals Hit By "Star Wars" Sting

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By EditorDavidJul 23, 2017, 2:06 pm383 pts
intellitech quotes an article from Discover's Neuroskeptic blog: A number of so-called scientific journals have accepted a Star Wars-themed spoof paper...an absurd mess of factual errors, plagiarism and movie quotes. I know because I wrote it... I created a spoof manuscript about "midi-chlorians" -- the…

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