Casual inference and pubic health – What a rise in common spelling errors says about the state of research culture

Reproduced from the LSE impact blog. Here&rsquo;s their introduction: Based on an analysis of over 32 million abstracts published over the last fifty years, Adrian Barnett and Nicole White find a marked rise in common spelling errors. Evidence they suggest of a culture of quantity over quality in academic writing. Pressure Many academics feel pressure to publish lots of papers every year because…