Chicago Booth professor's Scholar profile shows 900+ papers in 2026, sparking mockery
tak3sh8 · x · 2026-09-22
tak3sh8 mocks Nick Polson, professor of econometrics and statistics at Chicago Booth, whose Google Scholar profile appears to show 900+ papers published in 2026—a year that hasn't finished—alongside a suspicious citation spike, drawing ridicule over likely padding or profile anomalies.
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