Except for Linux actively running on 99% of all servers on the planet. Vulnerabilities in Linux can literally kill people, open holes for hackers, spies, etc.
Submitting a fake paper to a journal read by a few dozen academics is a threat to someones ego. It is not in the same ballpark as a threat to IT infrastructure everywhere.
Both are unethical, disruptive, and prove nothing about the integrity of the organizations they target.