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Old 10-01-2024, 02:43 PM
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Originally Posted by spd2918 View Post
I can admit i was wrong to use the term percentage. You must admit 10,000 frauds that we know about is alarming.

It would be good to know what percentage of papers is actually reviewed. The problem could be far worse.
Post #30 might help put things into perspective. 10,000 is a large number, particularly where the ideal is zero, but it is a small percentage.

I find it hard to trust the 10,000 number anyway. The claim was there could be problems with the authenticity of the papers. Certainly, this calls into question the accuracy of the papers but it doesn't prove them false. Them, there is the article about one of the filters that flagged the false papers having a false-positive error rate of 44% which is just a little bit better than flipping a coin. I would lime a more accurate analysis before I accuse the community of widespread fraud.
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