Comment by GuestFAUniverse

I am a co-author on a paper I never asked for, but my supervisor insisted, because the petty idea upgrading his desperate try to the point of "considerable at all" came from me. It was a chair which normally prouded itself of only publishing in the most highly regarded journals of its field (internally graded A, B, C). They had a few years without viable paper. Desperate to publish. From my POV this was a D. The paper is worthless crap, hastily put together within two weeks. It should have been obvious to the reviewers.

I feel ashamed that my name is on it. I wish I could retract it.

So, yes please: make it hard to impossible for paper mills and kill the whole publish or perish approach.