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Paper mills: the 'cartel-like' companies behind fraudulent scientific journals


What is paper mill and how does it work?

Based on research data and investigative journalist reports from the last five years, I summarise how these paper mills operate and how to detect them. Detecting scientific articles produced by paper mills often begins with analyzing retraction patterns carried out by journals. Though the exact financial toll of these paper mills is hard to pin down, it is clear that the public are footing the bill for fraudulent research practices, siphoning resources away from enuin academic advancements.

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