[Geo4All] Open request for updates on SDG book

[Christian Willmes]

Dear Suchith,


regarding this "Fake Science" thing. Is this in any way connected to the 
book initiative you addressed in the first two paragraphs?


Anyway, I would be quite interested in seeing such a "factory produced 
fake science" article? Can you maybe point to an example?


Thanks and best regards,
Christian


Am 14.07.2018 um 16:13 schrieb Suchith Anand:
>
> Dear Menno-Jan,
>
>
> It is now over one year and I have not heard any updates on the SDG 
> book [1] .As far as I am aware, there was no emails receivedin the 
> GeoforAll lists on this till now. Please correct me if I am wrong.
>
>
> As you are aware, I have personally requested colleaguesin 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.
>
>
> We are now seeing a very disturbing trendwith  some vendors even 
> starting to trademark “ science” for marketing/sales of theirproducts 
> and   “science” is being misused for vendor marketing/sales! . I have 
> raised this issue through an open letter [2] . The good newsis that 
> now everyone knows it is just marketing/sales gimmicks of vendor . 
> Science is not owned by any vendors.
>
>
> But two weeks back, I received a email query from a respectable and 
> senior ICAcolleague that made me very concerned. He is one of the 
> editors of a GIS journal . They are receivinglot of submissions  from 
> a country  that are very similar-“ poorly written, poor map design – 
> to the point that they seem written in a factory” .They were all using 
> one proprietary GIS  softwareand deal with some aspect of physical 
> geography.He asked for my advice.
>
>
> 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  to hear about this . It is really sad to see the state of 
> affairs in GIS . I requestedhim to take strong action against any 
> “factory produced” science and reject them.  I am concerned in the 
> rapid increase in“Fake Science” . I  requested him to inform this to 
> the wider community through an open letter .
>
>
> But this is not the solution as if one journal rejects these “factory 
> producedscience”, then these kind of 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 !  What will 
> then happen  to the credibility of peer review and scientific quality.
>
>
> I thinkit is important that editors of all GIS journals and leadership 
> of all GIS Professional bodies like ICAdeclare 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.
>
>
> I am just a  ICA volunteer . I am hoping that you will take 
> principledleadership and action against“Fake Science” , “Factory 
> producedscience” and any unethical practices in GIS that is affecting 
> Science and Education from any vendors (open or proprietary) .
>
>
> I thank you for  the work on SDG book and looking forward to hear 
> updates.
>
>
> Best wishes,
>
>
> Suchith
>
>
>
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> [1] https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/geoforall/2017-June/003790.html
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> [2] 
> https://www.rd-alliance.org/group/geospatial-ig/post/open-letter-importance-scientific-freedom-and-public-good
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