Researcher creates fake profile for pet to expose flaws in Google Scholar website that allow scientists to fraudulently boost their credibility
Larry Richardson’s online profile suggested that he was a young mathematician with significant potential.
According to Google Scholar — a website widely used to evaluate academics for jobs and promotions — he had produced a dozen research papers in the past four years, which had been cited by his peers scores of times. His career appeared to be blossoming.
There was just one issue: Larry was a cat.
