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An interconnected global network of computer scientists aggressively boosted each other’s metrics through citation manipulation and compromised peer review.

research misconduct

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Inside the Scientific Community’s Research Integrity Crisis

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Scientist Accused of Faking NIH Email in Misconduct Case

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Fake Authors, Real Citations: Scientists Discovered a Preprint Plagiarism Network

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Editor Authored 58 Percent of Conference Papers, Publisher Retracts Them All

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Nearly Ten Percent of Cancer Papers Flagged as Potentially Fake

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138 Case Reports in a Pediatric Medical Journal Turned Out to be Fake

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Pregnancy Cravings for Prime Numbers? Fake Paper Scams Predatory Publishers

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US Office of Research Integrity Reported Just Two Misconduct Cases in 2025

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PhD Data Misuse Sparks Retractions, Ethics Probe, and Lab Fallout

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Prolonged GLP-1 Exposure Remodels Gene Expression in the Pancreas by Flipping a Molecular Switch

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Student Admits She Did Not Conduct Experiments in Now-Retracted Paper

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Cockroach Milk Proteins Churn Out an Ig Nobel Win

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