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<p>Dear Suchith,</p>
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<p>regarding this "Fake Science" thing. Is this in any way connected
to the book initiative you addressed in the first two paragraphs?</p>
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<p>Anyway, I would be quite interested in seeing such a "factory
produced fake science" article? Can you maybe point to an example?</p>
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<p>Thanks and best regards,<br>
Christian<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Am 14.07.2018 um 16:13 schrieb Suchith
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt;">Dear
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt;">It is now
over one year and I have not heard any updates on the SDG
book [1] .</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
font-size: 11pt;">
</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt;">As
far as I am aware, there was no emails received</span><span
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</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt;">in
</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt;">the
GeoforAll lists on this till now</span><span style="color:
rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt;">. Please correct me if I am
wrong.</span></p>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt;">As you are
aware, I have personally requested colleagues</span><span
style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt;">
</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt;">in
the open source Geo community to support the ICA SDG book
initiative and they have contributed to this book project in
good faith, so I request you to kindly keep them informed. I
thank you for your kind understanding.</span></p>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0,
0, 0); font-size: 11pt;">We are now seeing a very
disturbing
</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt;">trend</span><span
style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt;"> with some
vendors even </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
font-size: 11pt;">starting to trademark “ science” for
marketing/sales of their</span></span><span style="color:
rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt;"> </span>
<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt;">products
and “science” is being misused for vendor marketing/sales!
. I have raised this issue through an open letter [2] . The
good news</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size:
11pt;">
</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt;">is
that now everyone knows it is just marketing/sales gimmicks
of vendor . Science is not owned by any vendors.</span></p>
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normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Helvetica
Neue"; font-size: 11pt;">But two weeks back, I received
a email query from a respectable and senior ICA</span><span
style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Helvetica
Neue"; font-size: 11pt;">
</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:
"Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11pt;">colleague that
made me very concerned</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0,
0); font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size:
11pt;">. He is one of the editors of a GIS journal . They
are receiving</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11pt;">
</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:
"Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11pt;">lot of
submissions from a country that are very similar</span><span
style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Helvetica
Neue"; font-size: 11pt;">
</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:
"Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11pt;">-“ poorly
written, poor map design – to the point that they seem
written in a factory” .</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0,
0); font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size:
11pt;">
</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:
"Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11pt;">They were all
using one </span><font face="Helvetica Neue"><span
style="font-size: 14.666666984558105px;">proprietary</span><span
style="font-size: 11pt;"> GIS</span></font><span
style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Helvetica
Neue"; font-size: 11pt;"> software</span><span
style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Helvetica
Neue"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="color:
rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Helvetica Neue";
font-size: 11pt;">and deal with some aspect of physical
geography.</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span
style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Helvetica
Neue"; font-size: 11pt;">He asked for my advice.</span></p>
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normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Helvetica
Neue"; font-size: 11pt;">I thanked him for sharing this
information and though I do not know the background or
details of the papers or authors, I am also very concerned</span><span
style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Helvetica
Neue"; font-size: 11pt;"> to hear about this .</span><span
style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Helvetica
Neue"; font-size: 11pt;"> It is really sad to see the
state of affairs in GIS . I requested</span><span
style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Helvetica
Neue"; font-size: 11pt;">
</span><font face="Helvetica Neue"><span style="font-size:
11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">him to take strong action
against any “factory produced” science and reject them.
</span></font><span style="font-family: "Helvetica
Neue"; font-size: 11pt;"> I am concerned in </span><span
style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size:
11pt;">the rapid increase in</span><span style="font-family:
"Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span
style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size:
11pt;">“Fake Science” . </span><span style="font-family:
"Helvetica Neue"; font-size:
14.666666984558105px;">I requested him to inform this to
the wider community through an open letter .</span></p>
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normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Helvetica
Neue"; font-size: 11pt;">But this is not the solution
as if one journal rejects these “factory produced</span><span
style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Helvetica
Neue"; font-size: 11pt;">
</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:
"Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11pt;">science”,
then these kind of </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11pt;">
</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:
"Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11pt;">papers
will be submitted to other journals. I won’t be surprised
if in future some vendors even start their own journals with
their own editorial boards !
</span><font face="Helvetica Neue"><span style="font-size:
11pt;"> What will then happen to the credibility of peer
review and scientific quality. </span><span
style="font-size: 14.666666984558105px;"></span></font></p>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt;">I think</span><span
style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt;">
</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt;">it
is important that editors of all GIS journals and leadership
of all GIS Professional bodies like ICA</span><span
style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt;">
</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt;">declare
any conflict of interest with any vendors
(funding/sponsorship/gifts received from any
software vendors currently or in the past) to ensure
transparency and good practices. </span></p>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size:
14.666666984558105px;">I </span><span style="color: rgb(0,
0, 0); font-size: 14.666666984558105px;">am just a</span><span
style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size:
14.666666984558105px;"> ICA volunteer . </span><span
style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt;">I am hoping
that you will take principled</span><span style="color:
rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt;">
</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt;">leadership
and action against</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
font-size: 11pt;">
</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt;">“Fake
Science” , “Factory produced</span><span style="color:
rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt;">
</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt;">science”
and any unethical practices in GIS that is affecting Science
and Education from any vendors (open or </span><span
style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size:
14.666666984558105px;">proprietary</span><span style="color:
rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt;">) . </span></p>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt;">I thank
you for the work on SDG book and looking forward to hear
updates. </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size:
14.666666984558105px;"></span></p>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt;">Best
wishes,</span></p>
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