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As a nonsense phrase of shady provenance makes the rounds, Elsevier defends its use (retractionwatch.com)
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[–] regrub@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

It's pretty silly if the phrase actually came from AI being unable to read a two-column paper.

Unless the authors can define/cite what "vegetative electron microscopy" is, they shouldn't use the term. That's just common sense for academics, one would think.