Comments on: Math paper retracted because some of it makes “no sense mathematically”

By: Balaustion

Balaustion — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 13:41:53 +0000

That’s why italics matter in journal titles.

By: chirality

chirality — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 08:15:29 +0000

The MO is simple. Once you have published in this journal, you can add a line to your biosketch that reads “I have published extensively in international journals, including Nature and Science”.

By: Akhlesh

Akhlesh — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 16:58:25 +0000

Marsland Press may be on Mars, but it still accepts US dollars. See: http://www.sciencepub.org/

By: Ter77

Ter77 — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 16:24:11 +0000

If these guys are comedians, then what does that say for this ‘journal’? The paper comes complete with a PACS code and all that. See: http://www.aip.org/pacs/
What should we make of this “Marsland Press” that publishes ‘Nature and Science’? I for one am glad it’s on Mars!

By: Akhlesh

Akhlesh — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 16:00:14 +0000

“Acharya Sennimalai Kalimuthu”. “Acharya” means “teacher” in Sanskrit. It is also the equivalent of a doctorate awarded by traditional universities in India. It also is the Sanskrit/Hindi translation of “Doctor”
(as in PhD). It can also be a self-awarded title.

By: Guido

Guido — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 15:52:05 +0000

Yes, this is hilarious! To me the ‘comedians’ hypothesis seems more likely. If I were a professional fraudster wanting to publish bogus science, I would make sure that at least a 6-year old would not be able to see that it’s nonsense…

By: Marco

Marco — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 14:56:49 +0000

“These particles may be dark matter or dust particles. Future studies will decide this.”

I know where I’d put *my* money!

By: chirality

chirality — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 14:45:25 +0000

This paper was published in Nature and Science. Probably, the manuscript had been rejected by Nature and Science and Cell.

By: The Iron Chemist

The Iron Chemist — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 14:32:15 +0000

Wow. I’m in the process of reading this. This is classic. Want to find dark matter? Turn off the lights!

By: Akhlesh

Akhlesh — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 19:56:54 +0000

I wrote to Dr. S. Ramakrishnan, Prof. and Head of Department of Information Technology at the Dr. Mahalingam College. He replied: “S.Kalimuthu is not a faculty member of our college but M. Sivasubramanian other author of the papers was a faculty member in our college. M. Sivasubramanian left our college 2 years ago. “