From fabricated research to paid authorships and citations, organized scientific fraud is on the rise, according to a new Northwestern University study. By combining large-scale data analysis of ...

The rise of "fake" science poses a serious threat to the integrity of academic research, a new study warns. A widespread underground network of fraudsters is pumping out fake scientific results at an ...

The number of scientific papers flagged as fraudulent has been growing. Now a new paper sheds light on how it’s being done. Researchers found loose networks of unscrupulous editors working with ...

A statistical analysis found that the number of fake journal articles being churned out by “paper mills” is doubling every year and a half. By Carl Zimmer For years, whistle-blowers have warned that ...

An illustration of coins going into a machine that produces paper with chemical structures on it. Paper mills charge academics to add their names to a research paper that is already accepted for ...