I read several of the hoax papers, and skimmed one that included dog park data. Which paper are you referring to, where was it submitted, and where was it accepted? The hoax authors were exceptionally dishonest in their presentation of the results: virtually all of their papers were rejected, the accepts were generally in very low-impact venues, and the papers that got accepted were generally not the lurid ones they highlighted in their summary. I ask for specifics because it is not an interesting research result if they created a paper with clearly bogus data that was then rejected.
The problem with the experiment, of course, is that reviewing takes a fuckload of time and effort, and most fields barely keep up with the legitimate workload they have. They are literally taking time and resources from program committees, and they do have IRB obligations in order to do that.
The problem with the experiment, of course, is that reviewing takes a fuckload of time and effort, and most fields barely keep up with the legitimate workload they have. They are literally taking time and resources from program committees, and they do have IRB obligations in order to do that.