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> Elsevier had no reason to stop this

If Elsevier had no reason to stop this, why did they stop this?

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They had no reason to stop this until it became publicly embarrassing for them.
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Right — and once someone is pumping out 56 papers/year, the journal becomes dependent on their output. Who in the chain is going to flag a problem that looks like productivity from every direction?
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