Good dog sits on editorial board of 7 bad medical journals
For scientists and researchers, getting papers published in respected journals is critical for their careers.
So it's a good thing that Dr. Olivia Doll, respected authority and academic, is intimately involved in curating journals within the medical community. She sits on seven different editorial boards for journals focused on everything from drug abuse to respiratory medicine.
She also looks like this.
Yes, Dr. Doll is a 5-year-old Staffordshire terrier whose real name is Ollie.
Mike Daube, Ollie's owner, is a public health expert and professor at Curtin University in Australia. He decided to create a fake academic background and persona for his dog, and use it to apply for positions on editorial boards because he wanted to draw attention to the plethora of sham academic journals that exist. Read more...
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