Tapas Kumar Goswami*

Department of Veterinary Microbiology, Institute of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Siksha “O” Anusandhan (Deemed to be University), Bhubaneswar-751030, Odisha, India

*Corresponding Author: Tapas Kumar Goswami, Department of Veterinary Microbiology, Institute of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Siksha “O” Anusandhan (Deemed to be University), Bhubaneswar-751030, Odisha, India.

Received: March 10, 2025; Published: May 12, 2025

Abstract

Patents and publications of research papers are crucial elements to judge the quality of researchers. Patent systems are not identical globally. Developing a new idea or a new product does not necessarily end in patenting, it needs patent filling. The ‘novelty’ in discovery indicates ‘novel to the world” is the main criterion all over the world. Similarly, the patenting laws differ from one country to other. Brief discussion has been made in this manuscript to elaborate “Patent mills and Paper mill” that has exposed unethical credit taken by the inventors without any visible contribution towards science. To promote the faculties to next higher grade most of the universities and research organisations are adapting score card system considering easy-to-measure metrics, such as numbers of papers published by a scientist, in the journals, number of patents acquired. These metrics do not necessarily measure the quality of a researcher. Many unscrupulous firms are attracting academicians to adapt unfair means to purchase authorship in papers and ownership in patents. All these ultimately cause harm to the academic carrier of professionals. Patent mills and paper mills are causing mistrust in science.

 Keywords: Paper; Paper Mills; Patent; Patent Mills; Publication; UGC

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Citation

Citation: Tapas Kumar Goswami. “Patent Mill and Paper Mill: Can it Build the Scientific Career or Act as an Academic Barrier”.Acta Scientific Medical Sciences 9.6 (2025): 43-46.

Copyright

Copyright: © 2025 Tapas Kumar Goswami. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.