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Journals infiltrated with 'copycat' papers that can be written by AI

Text-generating AI can rewrite scientific papers into 'copycat' versions that pass plagiarism checks and flood literature with low-quality redundant studies.

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3 weeks ago

Research misconduct: how the scientific community is fighting back

In 2016, Brian Wansink wrote a blog post that prompted scientific sleuths to investigate his work. They found evidence of data manipulation, and, after several news articles and two investigations by his institution, he would found to have committed misconduct, as defined by Cornell University. His work had been used to inform US policy around food, much of which has now been thrown into question.

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4 weeks ago

Europe's largest paper mill? 1,500 research articles linked to Ukrainian network

A Ukrainian-linked network produced over 1,500 papers across about 460 universities, operating a large paper mill that sold fake or low-quality research authorships.

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Journals infiltrated with 'copycat' papers that can be written by AI

Research misconduct: how the scientific community is fighting back

Europe's largest paper mill? 1,500 research articles linked to Ukrainian network

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