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Entities enabling scientific fraud at scale (2025)
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Systematic scientific fraud is increasingly becoming a significant threat to the scientific community. Investigations reveal that the entities facilitating this fraud are large, resilient, and rapidly expanding.
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- Concern: Mainstream journals contribute to scientific fraud by refusing to publish important studies, which skews the integrity of research and promotes a culture of negligence.
- Concern: Goodhart's law highlights the issue where the quantity of published papers is prioritized over their correctness, making it difficult to ensure scientific integrity.
- Concern: Fraudulent practices in academia are rampant, with many individuals engaging in data forgery, undermining the credibility of legitimate research efforts.
- Concern: The presence of fraudulent citations in academic papers indicates a systemic issue that erodes trust in scientific literature and complicates the validation of research.