Research Article | Computer Systems
Get me off Your Fucking Mailing List
A historically minimal manuscript presented in a full journal frame.
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Science communication
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Analysis | Science Communication
How publication framing changes reader trust
Interface hierarchy can alter confidence before any paragraph is read.
Letter | Soft Matter Physics
On the Rheology of Cats
A playful but formal analysis of cats as complex fluids under confinement.
Systematic Review | Evidence-Based Medicine
Parachute use to prevent death and major trauma related to gravitational challenge: systematic review of randomised controlled trials
A deadpan reminder that not every obvious intervention has a randomized trial.
Randomized Trial | Clinical Trials
Parachute use to prevent death and major trauma when jumping from aircraft: randomized controlled trial
A follow-up BMJ satire that technically runs the trial by choosing very low-risk jumps.
Observational Study | Human Biology
Why do old men have big ears?
A short BMJ measurement paper that asks a strangely specific anatomical question.
Investigation | Research Integrity
iOS autocomplete generated a nuclear-physics paper accepted by a conference
A conference acceptance test built by repeatedly tapping phone autocomplete.
Sting Report | Research Integrity
Predatory journal sting with Star Wars midi-chlorians terminology
A parody biomedical manuscript with film lore and broken citations still reached acceptance.
Case Study | Publishing Systems
SCIgen nonsense paper with Simpsons authors accepted by questionable journals
Randomly generated text plus cartoon bylines exposed fake peer-review theater.
Large-Scale Sting | Research Integrity
Who's Afraid of Peer Review?
A flawed fake paper was submitted widely to test open-access review quality.
Field Experiment | Editorial Governance
Predatory journals recruit fake editor (Dr. Fraud experiment)
A fabricated and unqualified scholar profile received editorial invitations.
Empirical Study | Science Communication
Dear Reviewer 2: Go F' Yourself
A formal test of the cultural claim that Reviewer 2 is systematically harsher.
Community Archive | Peer Review Culture
Shit My Reviewers Say
A crowdsourced wall of extreme and often hostile reviewer comments.
Prospective Cohort Study | Science Communication
We read spam a lot: prospective cohort study of unsolicited and unwanted academic invitations
A BMJ Christmas study quantifying predatory invitation spam and unsubscribe outcomes.
Satirical Initiative | Publishing Systems
Journal of Universal Rejection (JofUR)
A parody journal concept where all submissions are rejected by design.
Case Report | Medical Humanities
The unsuccessful self-treatment of a case of writer's block
A famously minimal paper whose near-empty content embodies its own diagnosis.
Opinion | Academic Culture
How Not to Be a Graduate Student Mentor
A satirical checklist of mentoring failures that graduate students recognize instantly.
Opinion | Academic Culture
How to Ensure You'll Never Be a Chair Again
Administrative satire on how to burn trust, morale, and legitimacy in a department.
Opinion | Academic Culture
A Satirical Toolbox for Deans
A black-humor management playbook for metric obsession and bureaucratic overload.
Sting Report | Research Integrity
Cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs? The Surgical and Neoplastic Role of Cacao Extract in Breakfast Cereals
A fabricated biomedical manuscript reportedly accepted by multiple low-quality journals.
Retraction Case | Research Integrity
Hydroxychloroquine, push-scooters, and COVID-19: predatory-journal sting and rapid retraction
A deliberately absurd pandemic-era submission accepted then quickly retracted.
Conference Study | Research Integrity
Predatory publication of AI-generated research papers
A GPT-4 era stress test of suspected predatory journals using generated manuscripts.
Media-Sting Analysis | Research Integrity
Chocolate with high cocoa content as a weight loss accelerator: hoax analysis
A demonstration of how weak study design and hype channels can manufacture credibility.
Historical Satire Case | Medical Humanities
Cello scrotum and the longevity of medical satire in citation networks
A BMJ-era joke case that continued to echo in later scientific references.