Comment by cess11
2 days ago
Sounds like economics.
Research fraud is common pretty much everywhere in academia, especially where there's money, i.e. adjacent to industry.
2 days ago
Sounds like economics.
Research fraud is common pretty much everywhere in academia, especially where there's money, i.e. adjacent to industry.
It does rather depend on the industry. Research in fields relevant to electrical engineering are much less likely to be fraudulent because the industry actually uses the results to make the products and the customers depend on those products working as specified.. If you discover a better and cheaper ceramic insulator you can be confident that transformer manufacturers will take it up but the big companies are well stocked with experts in the field so a fraudulent paper will quickly be spotted.
Graphene in electrical engineering is a staple of every (dis)reputable papermill.
"New battery tech promises 1.5x density, no fire risk, 20 year lifespan"