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False claims in a widely-cited paper
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A widely-cited paper in Management Science claims that "High Sustainability" companies significantly outperform their counterparts. Despite its influence, the paper has been identified as fatally flawed, yet no corrections or consequences have been enacted by the scholarly community.
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- Concern: The rise of AI-generated papers may lead to a decline in the quality of peer review, undermining trust in scientific research.
- Concern: The trend of producing more papers with less rigorous review could erode the credibility of scientific findings in the AI field.