Abusing the journal submission process for AMCAS

[FredAstaire]

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Hi - just wondering, can't anyone send a ****ty paper to Nature, Science, PNAS...etc etc and then put on their AMCAS that they have this and that paper "submitted"?

Do adcoms view paper submitted and accepted THAT differently?

 

[boomkid]

i wrote paper submitted on mine

 

[ovenmitts]

Your post history is ridiculous.

 

[FredAstaire]

i wrote paper submitted on mine

I know..so what is it there to prevent people from abusing this "submission process"?

I can spend 3 hours typing up my past research, with no hope of being accepted at ANY journal, and send it to PNAS or Science just for the SAKE of putting on my AMCAS that I have submitted a first author, heck even SOLE author, paper to these prestigious journals.

 

[Longshanks]

Submitted doesn't mean much. Submitted just says, on you put your research into a readable format. The only thing that truly matters with research articles on AMCAS is actual publications, i.e. accepted papers.

 

[bobsmith]

Sure, you could. Anyone who would notice or care would probably also care enough to ask something like, "Tell me about this paper you submitted" in an interview, though, and you might be exposed as a fraud and/or an idiot