Machine learning based screening of potential paper mill publications in cancer research: methodological and cross sectional study
Paper mills are a large and growing problem in the cancer literature and are not restricted to low impact journals. Collective awareness and action will be crucial to address the problem of paper mill publications.
Authors
- Adrian Barnett (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6339-0374)
- Jennifer A. Byrne (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8923-0587)
- David Causeur
- Baptiste Scancar
Institutions
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
- The University of Sydney (AU)
- New South Wales Department of Health (AU)
- Queensland University of Technology (AU)
- Institut de recherche mathématique de Rennes (FR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMJ
- Published
- 2026-01-29
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj-2025-087581
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Academic integrity and plagiarism
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 76.96