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Ollie the Dog is a Sta�ordshire terrier who sits on the editorial board of several medical journals. Her owner, Mike Daube, created a fake persona for Ollie to highlight the problems with shoddy journals.
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Dog 'Scientist' Sits on Editorial Board of Medical Journals
By Tia Ghose May 31, 2017
A Sta�ordshire terrier named Ollie has an unusual second job — he moonlights on the editorial board of seven di�erent medical journals.
Ollie's nom de plume is Dr. Olivia Doll, and according to her CV, she's an expert in "canine massage" and holds a degree from Subiaco College of Veterinary Science.
No, the pit bull isn't the smartest dog on the planet – he's simply the product of a broken system. Ollie's owner is Mike Daube, a public health researcher at Curtin
University in Perth, Australia, reported Perth Now. Daube used Ollie's alter ego Dr. Doll to test how carefully scienti�c journals vet their reviewers and editorial boards.
(Science journals typically ask experts in the �eld, called peer reviewers, to read submitted articles for their impact on the �eld, and those on the editorial board are a step
up from the basic peer reviewer.)
That answer, for less reputable journals at least, was not carefully at all.
Daube dreamed up the Sta�e's credentials — including past work at Shenton Park Institute for Canine Refuge Studies, aka the dog shelter, and expertise in the role of
"domestic canines in promoting optimal mental health in ageing males" — then submitted her name as a reviewer to multiple journals. Several accepted Doll's credentials.
In her stint as editor, Doll has shared her expertise on topics as disparate as respiratory medicine, psychiatry and drug abuse, Perth Now reported. Some have even
published a photo of Doll (actually Kylie Minogue wearing glasses), according to the article. [Photos: Hilarious Animal Antics]
While reputable journals usually scrutinize a scientist's credentials and research, some journals charge exorbitant fees in exchange for publishing almost any papers
submitted by scientists. Ollie has revealed just how shoddy the vetting practice is at some of these pay-for-publish journals, Daube said.
"While this started as something lighthearted, I think it is important to expose shams of this kind which prey on the gullible, especially young or naive academics and those
from developing countries," Daube told Perth Now.
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