Katharine O'Moore-Klopf, ELS6d ago
From @retractionwatch: Fabricated citations in the biomedical literature have increased 12-fold in two years, according to an audit of nearly 2.5 million papers published as a letter to The Lancet today. https://retractionwatch.com/2026/05/07/one-in-277-pubmed-indexed-papers-in-2026-shows-fabricated-references-says-analysis/
One in 277 PubMed-indexed papers in 2026 shows fabricated references, says analysis

Figure from correspondence to The Lancet by Maxim Topaz and colleagues. Fabricated citations in the biomedical literature have increased 12-fold in two years, according to an audit of nearly 2.5 mi…

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Show threadKatharine O'Moore-Klopf, ELS
#Authors, letting #LargeLanguageModels create #fake #references for you isn't going to make your #research #papers look authoritative. It might even lead to #retractions once #journals investigate what else in your articles might be #falsified. #LLMs #AI
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