A friend of mine shared a publication from members of our university. It was very low quality work.
My friend’s concern is it looks bad for the rest of us, tarnishing the university. I don’t think it will be seen or read, but they did get it outside of the paywall. It’s not on Bealle’s list or the updated predatory journals, but not a mainstream journal. SJR and SNIP in the .2 range. I believe people who see it will quickly click on and not waste time thinking about useless research, and not many will come across it.
On the other hand, we’re all evaluated in comparison with others.
Would you just ignore and move along, or bring up to admin, or ?
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cmon dont be a narc
Ignore and move on
It’s an industry that incentivizes turning faculty into paper machines. Yeah, they’re gonna game the system and turn out some stinkers. Don’t hate the player, hate the game. (Also agree don’t be a narc/snitch)
Are you serious? Who cares.
What would you even expect the admin to do lol
The journal is not predatory, there is no plagiarism, it was published (probably peer reviewed I assume?) with members (plural!) of your university… not everything you will produce will be oscar worthy if you are confronted a lot by “publish or perish”. If I were you, I would have a good conversation with your friend about their judgements of others because it contributes to the toxicity of academia in general. This needs to be addressed early on if they intend to pursue an academic career
This is not an issue for you to be involved in, and frankly I’d consider it highly unprofessional if a colleague of mine did this. It’s admin’s job to decide whether the work of your colleagues and the journals they are publishing in are up to snuff for the institution; it is not your job to do the same or frankly any of your business unless you are on a hiring committee or something similar. I suspect admin would not be impressed if you tried to come to them with this, and would likely consider it inappropriate for you to involve yourself.
This is also a great way to hurt your relationship with your colleagues. Who would want to work with a busybody who involves themselves in things that have nothing to do with them, and who may go to admin over their own personal judgments of the quality of your research and publications?