There is nothing lower than publishing fake data. It should be punishable by immediate defenestration
Academic publishing requires competent editors and peer-reviewers that know the literature and check each manuscript in detail. With the number of journals and articles currently being published, though, that is not remotely possible.
The emphasis on publishing lots of articles instead of quality articles is pervasive and really harmful. That Masliah has 800 published articles at all should be more of a red flag than a positive. 800 articles over a 40 year career is a paper every 18 days. That suggests either putting one’s name on lots of other peoples work without even reading it or cutting a lot of corners
