New research reveals organized networks linking paper mills, intermediaries, and compromised academic journals ...

From fabricated research to paid authorships and citations, organized scientific fraud is on the rise, according to a new Northwestern University study. By combining large-scale data analysis of ...

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 ...

The rise of "fake" science poses a serious threat to the integrity of academic research, a new study warns. A widespread underground network of fraudsters is pumping out fake scientific results at an ...

Recent studies suggest that artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly being used in scientific research, especially in Google Scholar, but unfortunately, the AI-generated content is flooding into ...