“The entities enabling scientific fraud at scale are large, resilient,and growing rapidly” The toxic mix of #predatory_journals, #AI and competitive #pressure in the academic system look like the perfect storm to mess-up #science 🥴🤮

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/04/science/04hs-science-papers-fraud-research-paper-mills.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Original study:

https://www.pnas.org/doi/epdf/10.1073/pnas.2420092122

@nursingresearch

#Fake_papers are contaminating the world’s #scientific #literature, fueling a corrupt industry and slowing legitimate lifesaving medical research (via @arstechnica.com)

#predatory_journals #predatory_publishing #papermills #retractions

https://theconversation.com/fake-papers-are-contaminating-the-worlds-scientific-literature-fueling-a-corrupt-industry-and-slowing-legitimate-lifesaving-medical-research-246224