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Elsevier Shuts Down Its Finance Journal Citation Cartel: 12 papers retracted, 7 editor positions removed, and the "open secret" of Elsevier’s elite paper mill exposed. (www.chrisbrunet.com)
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[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

All 12 papers had one thing in common: Brian M Lucey, Professor of International Finance and Commodities, Trinity College Dublin — the #1 ranked economics and business school in Ireland — as a co-author. 

Lucey published 56 papers in 2025, one paper every 6.5 days. Lmao. 

Lucey has published 44 papers in Finance Research Letters alone, an Elsevier journal he edited.

What a shitbird.

[–] Zaktor@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

People get put on as co-authors for relatively minor contributions. Being coauthor on a lot of papers doesn't mean much.

The second part is the actual problem.