Researchers uncover strategies used by academicians to publish fraudulent research
(5 Aug 2025) An organized underground network of individuals and groups is enabling fraudulent research and increasingly undermining the integrity of science, an alarming new study warns.
Researchers from Northwestern University in the US conducted a large-scale data analysis of scientific literature and found that sophisticated global networks were systematically undermining the integrity of academic publishing.
The study, published in the journal PNAS, says the publication of fraudulent research is outpacing the growth of legitimate scientific works.
Researchers say the findings should be a wake-up call for the scientific community to act before the public loses confidence in the scientific process.
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