‘Stamp out paper mills’ — science sleuths on how to fight fake research
A group of scientists who are experts at spotting fraudulent research outline five essential steps to combat industrialized scientific misconduct. A group of scientists who are experts at spotting fraudulent research outline five essential steps to combat industrialized scientific misconduct.
Authors
- David Bimler (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2405-0697)
- Dorothy Bishop (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2448-4033)
- Elisabeth M. Bik (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5477-0324)
- Adam Day (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8529-9990)
- Anna Abalkina (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1469-4907)
- Guillaume Cabanac (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3060-6241)
- Nick Wise (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7619-7477)
- Cyril Labbé
- Jennifer A. Byrne (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8923-0587)
- René Aquarius
Institutions
- Bishop's University (CA)
- The University of Sydney (AU)
- Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (FR)
- Laidlaw College (NZ)
- Radboud University Nijmegen (NL)
- Université Fédérale de Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées (FR)
- Institut Universitaire de France (FR)
- University of Cambridge (GB)
- University Medical Center (US)
- Radboud University Medical Center (NL)
- Université Toulouse-I-Capitole (FR)
- University of Oxford (GB)
- Centre for East European and International Studies (DE)
- Laboratoire d'Informatique de Grenoble (FR)
- Taylor Wimpey (United Kingdom) (GB)
- Institut de Recherche en Informatique de Toulouse (FR)
- Université Toulouse - Jean Jaurès (FR)
- Institut Polytechnique de Bordeaux (FR)
- Adam Smith Institute (GB)
- Freie Universität Berlin (DE)
- Université Grenoble Alpes (FR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Nature
- Published
- 2025-01-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-025-00212-1
- Citations
- 44
- Primary Topic
- Academic integrity and plagiarism
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 104.09