We discuss whether preprint servers and journals should require author identity verification for submitting manuscripts. This would probably speed up the submission process, but is this worth the potential downsides? We also discuss the similarities and differences between academia and professional sports and a weird case of author identity theft.

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 &lt;p&gt;We discuss whether preprint servers and journals should require author identity verification for submitting manuscripts. This would probably speed up the submission process, but is this worth the potential downsides? We also discuss the similarities and differences between academia and professional sports and a weird case of author identity theft.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other links&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;li&gt;The BJKS podcast &lt;a href="https://bjks.buzzsprout.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;https://bjks.buzzsprout.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://bsky.app/profile/dsquintana.bsky.social" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Dan on Bluesky&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://bsky.app/profile/jamesheathers.bsky.social" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;James on Bluesky&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://bsky.app/profile/hertzpodcast.bsky.social" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Everything Hertz on Bluesky&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;
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We discuss whether preprint servers and journals should require author identity verification for submitting manuscripts. This would probably speed up the submission process, but is this worth the potential downsides? We also discuss the similarities and differences between academia and professional sports and a weird case of author identity theft.

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