“Whenever I want to understand the latest discoveries in a topic I’m reporting on, I turn to the same place: research papers. So when I first learned about ‘paper mills’ — shadowy businesses that produce and sell fraudulent #research to #academics trying to meet #publishing quotas — I was fascinated. Over the past few weeks I dove into the research, interviewed scientists, and spoke to a real paper mill representative to answer a troubling question: Can we actually trust the research papers we find online?”

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I tried to buy a scientific paper

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@macmanx Deeply disturbing but in this day and age sadly not surprising.
That the reach goes so far is truly terrifying.
@macmanx It's frightening to know that there's so much fake dross out there whether it's AI generated or not, and to hear it's not exclusive to online, but in research as well, is frightening.