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One-Quarter Of Medical Papers Likely ‘Made Up Or Plagiarized,’ New Study Finds
Michael Smith/Newsmakers
GRETCHEN CLAYSONREPORTER
May 10, 20231:27 PM ET
A new study has found that approximately one-quarter of medical papers published in 2020 were likely “made up or plagiarized,” underscoring a need to develop new tools to detect papers that corrupt scientific literature.
Using a so-called “fake-paper detector,” German neuropsychologist Bernhard Sabel found that out of 5,000 neuroscience papers published in 2020, 34% were likely false or plagiarized, according to a preprinted medRxiv study cited by Science on May 9. Similarly, the amount of “fake” medical papers published in 2020 amounted to 24%, the researchers found.
The culprit behind the allegedly large number of questionable materials finding their way into medical journals are paper mills, clandestine businesses that provide researchers with falsified papers or undeserved authorship for a price, according to the study. (RELATED: Princeton University Waits Six Months To Investigate Left-Wing Professor’s Alleged Plagiarism)
“Paper mills have made a fortune by basically attacking a system that has had no idea how to cope with this stuff,” Dorothy Bishop, a University of Oxford psychologist who studies fraudulent publishing practices, told Science.
More here: https://dailycaller.com/2023/05/10/scientific-journals-plagiarized-papers-new-study/
I wonder how this might have played into the Covid misinformation Tsunami.
