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Fraudulent Scientific Papers Are Rapidly Increasing, Study Finds
For years, whistle-blowers have warned that fake results are sneaking into the scientific literature at an increasing pace. A new statistical analysis backs up the concern. From a report: A team of researchers found evidence of shady organizations churning out fake or low-quality studies on an indus...
From a report: A team of researchers found evidence of shady organizations churning out fake or low-quality studies on an industrial scale. Northwestern University researchers examined over one million papers and identified networks of fraudulent studies sold to scientists seeking to pad their publication records. Paper mills charge hundreds to thousands of dollars for fake authorship and often target specific research fields like microRNA cancer studies.
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