Fraudulent Scientific Papers Are Rapidly Increasing, Study Finds​

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/04/science/04hs-science-papers-fraud-research-paper-mills.html?unlocked_article_code=1.b08.6wdk.S7Bz3x-AcDR3&referringSource=articleShare

A statistical analysis found that the number of fake journal articles being churned out by “paper mills” is doubling every year and a half.

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The Study, published in PNAS: The entities enabling scientific fraud at scale are large, resilient, and growing rapidly

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FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.cafe · 4 pts · 1y

Here’s the PDF to the paper since it was paywalled.