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Thanks to a discussion on ResearchGate   https://www.researchgate.net/post/What_to_Do_When_Someone_Publishes_an_Article_in_Your_Name   I stumbled on a (new) pool of deception.    I have reasons to believe that the following ‘publishers’ are all linked/intertwined, just look at the lay-out: Deniz Publication https://deniz.pub Galaxy Publication https://galaxypub.co And most likely Meral Publisher https://meralpublisher.com As well. Just look at examples of their ‘journals’: https://jbiochemtech.com by Deniz P. https://journalinpc.com by Galaxy P. Thanks to the above mentioned discussion in RG, I stumbled at ‘citations’ of a ‘paper’ (a serious case of identity theft /impersonation of a most likely fake/AI generated 'paper') in https://www.researchgate.net/publication/385184122_Investigating_the_Relationship_between_Attitude_towards_Aging_and_Self-Compassion_in_Middle-Aged_People/citations They are all coming from these ‘publishers’ and are all non-sensical. See for e...

History The fluid mosaic model is one of the most powerful models depicting a biomembrane and the way how lipids are organized in a bilayer and the way proteins are inserted in or bound to such a bilayer of lipids [1]. Recent developments in this area are nicely reviewed elsewhere [2]. The notion that lipids serve more functions than simple creating a barrier in cells is nicely described in a classic but still relevant review by Dowhan [3]. Basically, the title: “Molecular basis for membrane phospholipid diversity: why are there so many lipids?” says it all. Protein-lipid interactions Numerous processes in biology have been recognized where protein-lipid interactions play a role [4-6]. Please be aware that this only serves as a small impression since this rapidly evolving field produces interesting new papers constantly. Tools to investigate protein-lipid interactions An interesting prediction method has been published that could serve as a tool to create so-called Eisenberg plots [7]....

Here I 'save' some details of a discussion I started in ResearchGate   https://www.researchgate.net/post/Hard_evidence_for_how_RG_is_abused_by_fake_profiles_Artificial_citation_boosting During the investigation of a profile (in the meantime removed)  https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Clementine-Williams  I stumbled on the following advertisement: https://it.fiverr.com/elena__georgiou/increase-google-scholar-citations-by-using-researchgate-and-other-journals See also the following screenshot (in case the website disappears...): and: In other words, RG is used (abused...) to artificially boost citations. So, based selling 'papers' (known as paper mill operations ) some made it into a business model to sell citations (let's call this: citation boosting 'services') see also: all with an overview of the costs of this 'service': She takes some pride in her 'works', if you click (while being on the website) here: then you end up here: see for ano...

In a follow-up of my previous post  https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/7504547925741326964/3379738657311648725  I came across a new example of this kind of scientific misconduct/fraud thanks to the following question in RG   https://www.researchgate.net/post/International_Journal_of_Science_and_Research_Archive_is_it_predatory   I stumbled in the profile of a certain “ Ruchit Parekh ”   https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ruchit-Parekh-4   on the following ‘paper’:     And pretty fast I became aware that this ‘paper’ is an exact copy of the following original:     Just changed the authors, affiliations and title (a little bit) and voila! You have your own paper...not! 😡 Is this a one time event? No, just have a look at: and compare this with the original: What a blunt example of fraud! It is apparently part of an attempt to artificially ‘boost’ citations (with numerous fake profiles in RG, all full of this type of papers and AI ge...