Pathologists and other laboratory professionals rely on peer-reviewed research to keep up with the latest developments in their specialties. They do so with the expectation that medical journals are upholding high standards of scientific rigor and transparency. It should thus be of grave concern when bad actors manipulate academic publishing systems to perpetrate scientific fraud. […]
New Study Underscores Prevalence of Scientific Fraud
So-called paper mills push low-quality research manuscripts to complicit editors as part of scheme
- By Stephen Beale
- > From the Volume XXXII, No. 14 - October 6, 2025 Issue
- Tags: 10th International Congress of Peer Review and Scientific Publication, ARDA, Center for Scientific Integrity, Digital Science, Dimensions, Ivan Oransky MD, journal hopping, lab intelligence, Leslie McIntosh PhD, Medline, metadata, Northwestern University, OpenAlex, paper mills, Pharmakon Neuroscience Network, PLOS One, PNAS, PNN, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, PubMed, PubPeer, Reese A. K. Richardson PhD, Retraction Watch, Science magazine, Scientific fraud, Scopus, the dark report, Web of Science
