Fraudulent Publishing in the Mathematical Sciences
2025/09/08 by Ilka Agricola, Agricola, Ilka, Lynn Heller +9 · 21 voices · 2 citations
Social Sciences · Business, Management and Accounting · #Academic integrity and plagiarism #Franchising Strategies and Performance
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Abstract
This report is the first of two publications of a joint Working Group of the International Mathematical Union (IMU) and the International Council of Industrial and Applied Mathematics (ICIAM). In it, we shall analyze the current state of publishing in the mathematical sciences and explain the resulting problems. Our second publication will offer concrete recommendations, guidelines, and best practices for researchers, policymakers, and evaluators of mathematical research. It will explain how to detect and counteract attempts to game bibliometric measures, empowering the community to reclaim control over research evaluation and drive necessary change.
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- Fraudulent Publishing in the Mathematical Sciences [hn, 89 points, 41 comments]
- I think a slow-brewing crisis in mathematics and science in general is the increasingly unsustainable publication ecosystem. See, for example: Quality of scientific papers questioned as academics ‘ove [stackexchange, 33 points]
- I agree that a crisis is brewing, and is further along than many are aware of. Just this week, I attended an IMU Committee on Publishing panel at the 2026 ICM where Lynn Heller spoke about exactly thi [stackexchange, 29 points]
- Souvenir ému de chouettes discussions avec les vrais docqueteurs PhD qui m'expliquaient que la fraude scientifique était anecdotique parce qu'il y avait peu de rétractations d'articles (si si je vous [bsky, 9 points, 1 comments]
- Fraudulent Publishing in the Mathematical Sciences #ResearchIntegrity #Math #Mathematical #WCRI2026 #WCRI arxiv.org/abs/2509.07257 [bsky, 4 points, 0 comments]
- Tämä saattaa myös kiinnostaa: tuore juttu liittyen tuohon matematiikan luonnonlaeista ja logiikasta johdettuun tieteelliseen käytäntöön. arxiv.org/abs/2509.07257 [bsky, 3 points, 1 comments]
- Fraudulent Publishing in the Mathematical Sciences Source : arXiv:2509.07257 / Ilka Agricola, Lynn Heller, Wil Schilders, Moritz Schubotz, Peter Taylor, Luis Vega buff.ly/7H7qjy9 #mathematics #maths # [bsky, 2 points, 0 comments]
- This is a good paper, but it's a shame that the response to Clarivate excluding Maths from its subject rankings is a load of soul-searching from mathematicians rather than "well your rankings can't be [bsky, 2 points, 1 comments]
- Fraudulent publishing is unfortunately an issue in math and CS. This new paper gives a nice overview of the types of frauds and scams going on. Looking forward to part 2, which promises some ideas wha [bsky, 2 points, 0 comments]
- arxiv.org/abs/2509.07257 [bsky, 1 points, 0 comments]
- https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.07257 [bsky, 0 points, 0 comments]
- ⚡ Hackernews Top story: Fraudulent Publishing in the Mathematical Sciences [bsky, 0 points, 0 comments]
- Fraudulent Publishing in the Mathematical Sciences https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.07257 (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45203935) [bsky, 0 points, 0 comments]
- Fraudulent Publishing in the Mathematical Sciences https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.07257 (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45203935) [bsky, 0 points, 0 comments]
- "In it, we shall analyze the current state of publishing in the mathematical sciences and explain the resulting problems." [bsky, 0 points, 0 comments]
- Fraudulent Publishing in the Mathematical Sciences [bsky, 0 points, 0 comments]
- Fraudulent Publishing in the Mathematical Sciences #HackerNews https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.07257 [bsky, 0 points, 0 comments]
- Fraudulent Publishing in the Mathematical Sciences https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.07257 [bsky, 0 points, 0 comments]
- Ilka Agricola, Lynn Heller, Wil Schilders, Moritz Schubotz, Peter Taylor, Luis Vega: Fraudulent Publishing in the Mathematical Sciences https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.07257 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2509.0725 [bsky, 0 points, 0 comments]
- Great report about fradulent publishing in mathematics (but very likely extensible to other fields); very clear and readable... and also many topics that are unfortunately missing in our (Czech) discu [bsky, 0 points, 0 comments]
- arxiv.org/abs/2509.07257 [bsky, 0 points, 0 comments]
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