Study Reveals Growth of Large-Scale Fraudulent Article Submissions

A new study uncovers how paper mills and brokers collaborate to drive large-scale scientific fraud. Fraudulent publications are rising far faster than legitimate ones. In @science.org: www.npr.org/2025/07/24/n... In PNAS: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

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The authors of a study from the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) analyzed patterns of submissions, peer review, and image duplication in a set of journals and conference proceedings and found evidence of large-scale, coordinated efforts to publish fraudulent research. Among their findings is that specific scientific subfields and journals appear to have been targeted.

For the full article, visit the PNAS website.