"The issue is the paper is replete with grammatical errors and poor syntax or relationship between the words and phrases," he was quoted by Free Malaysia Today.



Furthermore, US-based Beall's List Of Predatory Journals And Publishers included publisher of the paper, HRMARS as well. The list was created by Jeffrey Beall, who is a well-known critic of the open access publishing movement.



Farouk said it is a "disgrace to the university" to have academics who produced such an "abysmal research paper".



"It is a disgrace to the university to have an academic of this standard who received a research grant but produced such an abysmal research paper," he said.