Stop laughing at UM

We hear academicians from other universities sniggering on The Genius & Co. They are laughing becausethat UM - the oldest (best?) university in Malaysia - has such unethical researchers. Well, we have news for them. UM is not the only one publishing in this way. UTM, UKM and even UiTM also has academicians publishing with The Genius. Only UPM and USM are free from this scandal. You don’t believe me? Well, see the list:

UTM

1. Day of the year-based prediction of horizontal global solar radiation by a neural network auto-regressive model, by Gani, A; Mohammadi, Kasra; Shamshirband, Shahaboddin; Khorasanizadeh, Hossein; Danesh, Amir Seyed; Piri, Jamshid); Ismail, Zuraini); Zamani, Mazdak, THEORETICAL AND APPLIED CLIMATOLOGY Volume: 125 Issue: 3-4 Pages: 679-689 Published: AUG 2016
2. A hybrid SVM-FFA method for prediction of monthly mean global solar radiation, Shamshirband, Shahaboddin; Mohammadi, Kasra; Tong, Chong Wen; Zamani, Mazdak; Motamedi, Shervin; Ch, Sudheer, THEORETICAL AND APPLIED CLIMATOLOGY Volume: 125 Issue: 1-2 Pages: 53-65 Published: JUL 2016
3. Temperature-based estimation of global solar radiation using soft computing methodologies, Mohammadi, Kasra; Shamshirband, Shahaboddin; Danesh, Amir Seyed; Abdullah, Mohd Shahidan ; Zamani, Mazdak, THEORETICAL AND APPLIED CLIMATOLOGY Volume: 125 Issue: 1-2 Pages: 101-112 Published: JUL 2016
4. A Novel Method to Water Level Prediction using RBF and FFA, Soleymani, Seyed Ahmad; Goudarzi, Shidrokh; Anisi, Mohammad Hossein; Hassan, Wan Haslina; Idris, Mohd Yamani Idna; Shamshirband, Shahaboddin); Noor, Noorzaily Mohamed; Ahmedy, Ismail, WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT Volume: 30 Issue: 9 Pages: 3265-3283 Published: JUL 2016
5. Extreme learning machine for prediction of heat load in district heating systems, Sajjadi, Shahin; Shamshirband, Shahaboddin; Alizamir, Meysam; Yee, PL; Mansor, Z ; Manaf, AA et al., ENERGY AND
   BUILDINGS Volume: 122 Pages: 222-227 Published: JUN 15 2016
6. Application of extreme learning machine for prediction of aqueous solubility of carbon dioxide, Mohammadian, Erfan; Motamedi, Shervin; Shamshirband, Shahaboddin; Hashim, Roslan; Junin, Radzuan; Roy, Chandrabhushan); Azdarpour, Amin, ENVIRONMENTAL EARTH SCIENCES Volume: 75 Issue: 3 Article Number: 215 Published: FEB 2016
7. Potential of neuro-fuzzy methodology to estimate noise level of wind turbines, Nikolic, Vlastimir; Petkovic, Dalibor; Yee, Por Lip; Shamshirband, Shahaboddin; Zamani, Mazdak; Cojbasic, Zarko; Motamedi, Shervin, MECHANICAL SYSTEMS AND SIGNAL PROCESSING Volume: 66-67 Pages: 715-722 Published: JAN 2016
8. Transport and retention of engineered Al2O3, TiO2, and SiO2 nanoparticles through various sedimentary rocks, Bayat, Ali Esfandyari; Junin, Radzuan; Shamshirband, Shahaboddin; Chong, Wen Tong, SCIENTIFIC REPORTS Volume: 5 Article Number: 14264 Published: SEP 16 2015
9. Heat load prediction in district heating systems with adaptive neuro-fuzzy method, Shamshirband, Shahaboddin; Petkovic, Dalibor; Enayatifar, Rasul; Abdullah, Abdul Hanan; Markovic, Dusan; Lee, Malrey; Ahmad, Rodina, RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS Volume: 48 Pages: 760-767 Published: AUG 2015
10. Predicting the wind power density based upon extreme learning machine, Mohammadi, Kasra; Shamshirband, Shahaboddin; Yee, Por Lip; Petkovic, Dalibor; Zamani, Mazdak; Ch, Sudheer, ENERGY Volume: 86 Pages: 232-239 Published: JUN 15 2015
11. Influence of clay particles on Al2O3 and TiO2 nanoparticles transport and retention through limestone porous media: measurements and mechanisms, Bayat, AE (Bayat, Ali Esfandyari)[ 1 ] ; Junin, Radzuan; Mohsin, R (Mohsin, Rahmat)[ 2 ] ; Hokmabadi, M (Hokmabadi, Mehrdad)[ 1 ] ; Shamshirband, S (Shamshirband, Shahaboddin), JOURNAL OF NANOPARTICLE RESEARCH Volume: 17 Issue: 5 Article Number: 219 Published: MAY 15 2015

UKM

1. Identifying the most significant input parameters for predicting global solar radiation using an ANFIS selection procedure, Mohammadi, Kasra; Shamshirband, Shahaboddin; Kamsin, Amirrudin; Mansor, Z et al., RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS Volume: 63 Pages: 423-434 Published: SEP 2016
2. Extreme learning machine for prediction of heat load in district heating systems, Sajjadi, Shahin; Shamshirband, Shahaboddin; Alizamir, Meysam; Yee, PL ; Mansor, Z; Manaf, AA et al. , ENERGY AND BUILDINGS Volume: 122 Pages: 222-227 Published: JUN 15 2016
3. Using ANFIS for selection of more relevant parameters to predict dew point temperature, Mohammadi, K (Mohammadi, Kasra)[ 1 ] ; Shamshirband, S ; Petkovic, D ; Yee, PL; Mansor, Zulkefli, APPLIED THERMAL ENGINEERING Volume: 96 Pages: 311-319 Published: MAR 5 2016
4. Estimating building energy consumption using extreme learning machine method, Naji, S ; Keivani, A ; Shamshirband, S ; Alengaram, UJ ; Jumaat, MZ ; Mansor, Z; Lee, M, ENERGY Volume: 97 Pages: 506-516 Published: FEB 15 2016
5. Co-FQL: Anomaly detection using cooperative fuzzy Q-learning in network, Shamshirband, Shahaboddin; Daghighi, Babak; Anuar, Nor Badrul; Kiah, Miss Laiha Mat; Patel, Ahmed; Abraham, Ajith, JOURNAL OF INTELLIGENT & FUZZY SYSTEMS Volume: 28 Issue: 3 Pages: 1345-1357 Published: 2015
6. Cooperative game theoretic approach using fuzzy Q-learning for detecting and preventing intrusions in wireless sensor networks, Shamshirband, S (Shamshirband, Shahaboddin)[ 1,2 ] ; Patel, Ahmed; Anuar, NB (Anuar, Nor Badrul)[ 2 ] ; Kiah, MLM (Kiah, Miss Laiha Mat)[ 2 ] ; Abraham, A (Abraham, Ajith), ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE Volume: 32 Pages: 228-241 Published: JUN 2014
7. An appraisal and design of a multi-agent system based cooperative wireless intrusion detection computational intelligence technique, Shamshirband, Shahaboddin; Anuar, Nor Badrul; Kiah, Miss Laiha Mat; Patel, Ahmed, ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE Volume: 26 Issue: 9 Pages: 2105-2127 Published: OCT 2013
8. Clustering project management for drought regions determination: A case study in Serbia, Shamshirband, S ; Gocic, M ; Petkovic, D ; Javidnia, H; Ab Hamid, SH ; Mansor, Z; Qasem, SN, AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY Volume: 200 Pages: 5765 Published: JAN 15 2015

UiTM

1. A simulation model for visitors' thermal comfort at urban public squares using non-probabilistic binary-linear classifier through soft-computing methodologies, Kariminia, Shahab; Shamshirband, Shahaboddin; Hashim, Roslan; Saberi, Ahmadreza et al., ENERGY Volume: 101 Pages: 568-580 Published: APR 15 2016
2. Evaluating the legibility of decorative arabic scripts for Sultan Alauddin mosque using an enhanced soft-computing hybrid algorithm, Saberi, Ahmadreza; Motamedi, Shervin; Shamshirband, Shahaboddin; et al., COMPUTERS IN HUMAN BEHAVIOR Volume: 55 Pages: 127-144 Part: A Published: FEB 2016
3. Comparative study of clustering methods for wake effect analysis in wind farm, Al-Shammari, Eiman Tamah; Shamshirband, Shahaboddin; Petkovic, Dalibor; Ros Suraya Taher, et al., ENERGY Volume: 95 Pages: 573-579 Published: JAN 15 2016
4. Precipitation Estimation Using Support Vector Machine with Discrete Wavelet Transform, Shenify, Mohamed; Danesh, Amir Seyed; Gocic, Milan; Ros Surya Taher, et al., WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT Volume: 30 Issue: 2 Pages: 641-652 Published: JAN 2016
5. A review of mobile pervasive learning: Applications and issues, Shuib, Liyana; Shamshirband, Shahaboddin; Ismail, Mohammad Hafiz, COMPUTERS IN HUMAN BEHAVIOR Volume: 46 Pages: 239-244 Published: MAY 2015

Only USM and UPM are still clean.

How the collaboration work

The Genius said that he got the data for his papers from a collaborator. We managed to track down the collaborator and this is what happened when an editor met with this collaborator.

So The Gwnius told the collaborator that people like A. Gani and MLM Kiah are students working on the project?

The rumor

We heard rumor that UM top management is going to investigate publication misconduct after some mat salleh writes about publication misconduct in an international blog. If true, it is good and sad.

Good because they're finally investigating.

Sad because it takes some mat salleh to write before they investigate. When us locals write, it doesn't matter but when mat salleh write, it matter. Now is 2016 but there are still jakuns in awe of mat salleh.

Sad also because we heard that the investigation will focus on a certain international staff and all blame will be put on him. So the local 'researchers' will get away. Why the double standard? Why are they so sayang and protect the local mastermind and con artist?

Don't know how much of this rumor is true, so we wait and see.

May be we should contact that mat salleh and tell him about the double standard. May be if he writes about it top management will investigate and take action on EVERYONE involve in misconduct.

What editors say

When we informed UM top management the we are suspicious of research and publication misconduct, they said there is nothing to investigate because we don't provide evidence.

That is why we analyzed papers by The Genius & Co to find evidence. We contact journal editors to report what we found. The top management want evidence, we're giving evidence.

Don't accuse us of embarrassing university. You the one ruining UM reputation by not doing anything.

Below is what editors we contacted say.

Spot the difference

Let's play a game. Can you find the difference between this papers? Easier to compare if you open in different tabs.

• Modulation Transfer Function Estimation of Optical Lens System by Adaptive NeuroFuzzy Methodology1
• Adaptive neuro-fuzzy prediction of modulation transfer function of optical lens system
• Evaluation of modulation transfer function of optical lens system by support vector regression methodologies – A comparative study

The threat

At faculty meetng on 5 August 2016, the subject of blog etikadium.blogspot.my was raise by a faculty member. In response to this, Dean threaten to take blogger 1) Disciplinary Action, 2) Criminal Action, 3) Legal Action and 4) Civil Action if blogger did not take blog down within 7 days.

When another faculty member said, what was accuse in blog is serious and blog had been read by 5000 people, the Faculty should investigate and respond to accusations, since good name of faculty involve. Dean replied that he had carried investigation and everything in blog not true. Editor has also cleared some people but don't know which editor he refers to.

So, person who has interest in this issue, I.e. Dean is protecting himself, by not authorising a formal investigation also pressed to do so by some faculty members.

Isn't it irony? The person accused of misconduct investigated the accusation and declared no misconduct.

Isn't it abuse of power when he uses his position as dean to threaten us?

This is why we are anonymous. People involved in this matter are in faculty management and are chummy with UM top management. Instead of investigating the accusation, people are more busy investigating who write this blog.

What is publication misconduct?

• Responsible research publication: International standard for authors
• COPE Guidelines
• Salami publication