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Turns out that Urs Fischbacher's z-Tree paper (13000 citations on Google Scholar) has 0 citations according to the metrics page the paper's publisher, Springer, links to: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
September 19, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Turns out that Urs Fischbacher's z-Tree paper (13000 citations on Google Scholar) has 0 citations according to the metrics page the paper's publisher, Springer, links to: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
This is how blatantly academic fraud is conducted these days...
September 3, 2025 at 5:10 AM
This is how blatantly academic fraud is conducted these days...
Shocking (though not unexpected) results by Richardson, Hong, Byrne and Nunes Amaral: doi.org/10.1073/pnas.... Legitimate research article output doubles every 15 years, paper mill output every 1.5 years. "If these trends are not stopped, science is going to be destroyed" says author.
The entities enabling scientific fraud at scale are large, resilient, and growing rapidly | PNAS
Science is characterized by collaboration and cooperation, but also by uncertainty,
competition, and inequality. While there has always been some c...
doi.org
August 7, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Shocking (though not unexpected) results by Richardson, Hong, Byrne and Nunes Amaral: doi.org/10.1073/pnas.... Legitimate research article output doubles every 15 years, paper mill output every 1.5 years. "If these trends are not stopped, science is going to be destroyed" says author.
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JBEF on the rise!
We’re proud to share a new milestone: an Impact Factor of 4.7, placing the Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance at rank 29/241 in BUSINESS, FINANCE (prev. IF 4.3 | rank 33/231). A clear sign of JBEF’s growing relevance — thanks to all contributors for your great support!
We’re proud to share a new milestone: an Impact Factor of 4.7, placing the Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance at rank 29/241 in BUSINESS, FINANCE (prev. IF 4.3 | rank 33/231). A clear sign of JBEF’s growing relevance — thanks to all contributors for your great support!
June 27, 2025 at 8:14 AM
JBEF on the rise!
We’re proud to share a new milestone: an Impact Factor of 4.7, placing the Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance at rank 29/241 in BUSINESS, FINANCE (prev. IF 4.3 | rank 33/231). A clear sign of JBEF’s growing relevance — thanks to all contributors for your great support!
We’re proud to share a new milestone: an Impact Factor of 4.7, placing the Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance at rank 29/241 in BUSINESS, FINANCE (prev. IF 4.3 | rank 33/231). A clear sign of JBEF’s growing relevance — thanks to all contributors for your great support!
Women Hospital CEOs manage equally well, but get paid less and are fired more readily than men. Congrats on a great paper - I just wish the results had been less depressingly unsurprising. (No fault of the author obviously, just so my post isn't misconstrued!) onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Women in Charge: Evidence from Hospitals
The paper examines the decision-making, compensation, and turnover of female CEOs in U.S. hospitals. Contrary to the literature on lower-ranked executives and directors in public firms, there is no e...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
April 28, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Women Hospital CEOs manage equally well, but get paid less and are fired more readily than men. Congrats on a great paper - I just wish the results had been less depressingly unsurprising. (No fault of the author obviously, just so my post isn't misconstrued!) onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Way to go, Harvard! www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/u...
Harvard Will Not Comply With a List of Trump Administration Demands
Federal officials said Harvard must enact “merit-based reform” in hiring and admissions and report international students who broke rules, among other steps. Harvard called the demands unlawful.
www.nytimes.com
April 14, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Way to go, Harvard! www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/u...
"Mr. Trump often pulls numbers out of thin air and makes sweeping claims without regard to factual foundations. Likewise, Mr. Trump, the first felon ever elected president, regularly accuses anyone he disfavors of corruption and even criminality without proof... www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/u...
Trump and Musk Hunt for Corruption, Very Selectively
Spending that the White House does not like is being labeled fraudulent. At the same time, President Trump is rolling back anticorruption efforts and ethical standards for himself and allies like Elon...
www.nytimes.com
February 27, 2025 at 5:39 PM
"Mr. Trump often pulls numbers out of thin air and makes sweeping claims without regard to factual foundations. Likewise, Mr. Trump, the first felon ever elected president, regularly accuses anyone he disfavors of corruption and even criminality without proof... www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/u...