Why plagiarize if you can simply make up your own publication (which is not yours…)
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 genera...