My favorite example of this kind of thing (from medicine): someone re-discovers the trapezoidal rule for integration, names the technique after themselves, publishes in a Diabetes journal, and gets hundreds of citations [1].<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.reddit.com&#x2F;r&#x2F;math&#x2F;comments&#x2F;1xfa8p&#x2F;medical_paper_claiming_to_have_invented_a_way_to&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.reddit.com&#x2F;r&#x2F;math&#x2F;comments&#x2F;1xfa8p&#x2F;medical_paper_...</a>