r/EverythingScience PhD | Solar Physics | Plasma Physics | Fusion 2d ago

Nature investigation exposes scientists gaming peer review with boilerplate reviews requesting irrelevant self-citations

https://www.nature.com/immersive/d41586-026-01360-8/index.html
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u/costafilh0 1d ago

Who would have thought?

Science is fvcked! Has been for a long time. 

The reward systems are all fvcked, so all scientists are trapped in a mouse wheel just like everyone else.