Why would that be? He’s probably just the last author of a bunch of valid articles published by his employees. He probably did not take part in the ideation or writing of those articles, but that is quite common in academia as well.
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Cat_Daddy@hexbear.net 1 month ago
Every one of those citations are an abuse of the system
ranzispa@mander.xyz 1 month ago
Cat_Daddy@hexbear.net 1 month ago
If he didn’t have anything to do with the paper, he shouldn’t be on the paper
ranzispa@mander.xyz 1 month ago
He paid for the research. While I do agree, this is very common in academia. The PI will most often be last author even if he didn’t read the paper.
Cat_Daddy@hexbear.net 1 month ago
The PI should definitely be on the paper. But the president of the company should not. He’s not the PI. At the lab where I work, if you didn’t participate in the research, you don’t go on the paper. I don’t throw Donald Trump on there, why should they put Elon on there? There’s a lot of people paying for research who aren’t listed as authors. I’ve literally never put a funder as an author. I’ve mentioned it at the end in an acknowledgement section, but not authorship.
joyjoy@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
Unfortunately these citations don’t come with a fine.