Mitochondrial or Chloramidine "Star Wars" prank papers were published in four magazines.

Xiaomi Di Cronia in Star Wars was born in a fictional life source. (? Mitochondria: Completely real organelles, which can convert sugar, fat and oxygen into usable energy for cells. Midi protozoa: A fully synthetic and widely derided microorganism that gave the Jedi the ability to use the Force in Star Wars movies.

See the difference? A few "peer commentators" obviously didn't do this, because this week a paper replacing "mitochondria" with "midi-chlorians" was accepted by four journals. This paper confuses the slightly changed words on the * * with the rambling words related to Star Wars, including the infamous monologue Revenge of the Sith, which tells the tragedy of Darth Pragus.

This paper is a scam written by a so-called neuroscientist who wrote an alias blog for Discovery magazine. What's the point? Exposing "predatory journals" claims to provide peer-reviewed and open access publications, but in fact, according to neuroscientists, publishing it costs almost nothing. [Good attempt: 20 16 to recover the top five scientific research]

"It's all about money," said Jeffrey Beale, a research librarian at the University of Denver, Colorado, who has long devoted himself to exposing predatory publishers. Beall said that in many cases, peer reviewers who review papers in these journals do not even exist, or the owners of the magazines are in front of the reviewers. [Dog' scientist' sitting on the editorial board of medical journal]

Star Wars is not the first time to reveal what these magazines are. These periodicals make a profit by charging the author's publishing fee; Since the paper is only published online, the cost of the publisher can be ignored. They often send spam to researchers' email accounts, asking them to publish articles. In one case, a predatory magazine actually accepted the papers of two researchers who read "Delete me from your mailing list" over and over again. In another sting, the researchers fabricated a fake scientist, Dr. Souster (called "liar" by Poles), and brought her to the boards of 48 independent predatory journals. The inspiration for KDSP and KDSP comes from these thorns. Neuroskeptic mixed a fake paper with mitochondria and MIDI ChLLIANS, and even admitted that most of the text was stolen from * * * *. An example: oxidative stress mediated by "KDSP", "KDSP" and "MIDI" leads to cardiomyopathy in patients with type 2 diabetes. As more fatty acids are transferred to the heart and enter myocardial cells, the oxidation of fatty acids in these cells increases. Have you ever heard of the tragedy of the wise Darth Pregis? I don't think so. This is not a story that the Jedi will tell you.

(The tragedy of the wise Darth Pragus, actor Ian McDiarmid plays Palpatine's monologue, which became a meme of Star Wars fans at the beginning of 20 17.

Periodical reply

Neuroscience sent the paper to nine journals responsible for sending spam to scientists. Four schools-American Journal of Medical and Biological Research, International Journal of Molecular Biology: Open Access, Austin Journal of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, American Journal of Biological Science Research-accepted this absurd paper. The last three even published this article for free. Most likely, Bill said, these journals used this paper to artificially exaggerate their publishing records and make their websites look more legitimate. Austin Journal of Pharmacology and Therapeutics and International Journal of Molecular Biology: This paper was deleted after open access.

The translation science journal Progress in Medicine, Biochemistry and Physiology: Open Access rejected this paper. JSM biochemistry and molecular biology require revising neuroscience and resubmitting papers; The reader of this paper got a joke and asked the revised paper to include quotations such as Palpatine. 1980. Meanwhile, Journal of Molecular Biology and Technology