In this essay, I argue that, while visualization research does not seem to be directly at risk of being corrupted by the current massive wave of polluted research, certain visualization concepts are being used in fraudulent fashions and fields close to ours are being targeted. Worse, the society publishing our work is overwhelmed by thousands of questionable papers that are being, unfortunately, published. As a community, and if we want our research to remain as good as it currently is, I argue that we should all get involved with our variety of skills to help identify and correct the current scientific record. I thus aim to present a few questionable practices that are worth knowing about when reviewing for fields using visualization research, and hopefully will never be useful when reviewing for our main venues. I also argue that our skill set could become particularly relevant in the future and invite scholars of the fields to try to get involved.

翻译：本文认为，虽然可视化研究似乎并未直接受到当前大规模学术污染浪潮的侵蚀，但某些可视化概念正被以欺诈性方式滥用，且邻近领域已成为主要目标。更严重的是，发表我们研究成果的学术机构正被数以千计存疑的论文所淹没——这些论文不幸得以发表。作为一个学术共同体，若希望保持现有研究质量，我认为我们应当运用多元化的专业技能，共同参与识别与修正当前的科学记录。本文旨在揭示若干值得关注的可疑实践，这些实践在评审涉及可视化研究的交叉领域论文时需特别注意，但希望永远不会在我们主流会议评审中出现。同时，我认为可视化领域的技能组合在未来可能变得尤为重要，并呼吁相关领域学者尝试参与这项事业。