Fraudulent scientific research is now being produced and published on a large scale, with some unethical researchers colluding with unethical editors to attain the prestige that comes with publication ...

A statistical analysis found that the number of fake journal articles being churned out by “paper mills” is doubling every year and a half. By Carl Zimmer For years, whistle-blowers have warned that ...

・Major publishers have had to retract thousands of papers and shut down journals due to the influx of fake studies, indicating a systemic issue in academic integrity. ・The problem is compounded by low ...

Researchers at Northwestern are sounding the alarm about the rise of fake scientific papers. A study by researchers at Northwestern University in Evanston found that the number of fraudulent ...

The number of scientific papers flagged as fraudulent has been growing. Now a new paper sheds light on how it’s being done. Researchers found loose networks of unscrupulous editors working with ...