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Scientific publishing is confronting a growing threat from fabricated research generated by industrial-scale "paper mills," which are commercial operations selling authorship slots in fraudulent manuscripts.
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Who
researchers, publishers, Adrian Barnett, Jennifer Byrne, Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), International Association of Scientific, Technical & Medical Publishers (STM), Kate Travis, Marie Soulière, Adya Misra, Laura Cowen
What
Scientific publishing is confronting a growing threat from fabricated research generated by industrial-scale "paper mills," which are commercial operations selling authorship slots in fraudulent manuscripts.
When
Fri, 12 Jun 2026 19:02:16 GMT · 3h 31m ago
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Why
The commercialization of authorship slots and the "publish or perish" academic culture drive the demand exploited by paper mills.
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How this affects you
The proliferation of fraudulent research erodes trust in scientific data, wastes time and money by being cited and built upon, and can lead researchers to abandon entire fields. The problem's magnitude is difficult to estimate, with suspect papers increasing sharply in targeted journals.
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