Tbh, I’m baffled by people who don’t do cursory Wikipedia searches for organizations like this. None of the three societies in the first paragraph have a Wikipedia article.
@maxkozlov.bsky.socialSCOOP: Top researchers at Columbia, Stanford, and others thought they were elected to elite scientific societies alongside Nobel laureates. The catch? The organizations are a sham.
I spent the last month diving deep into a massive academic scam spanning continents, for @nature.com
nature.com
Exclusive: Sham scientific societies are misleading star researchers
A Nature investigation reveals a network of organizations that have been building their ranks through deceptive practices.