George R.R. Martin recently made the news because he co-wrote a scientific paper. While it’s rare for someone from the arts to get their name on a research paper, it’s not unheard of. Several familiar ...

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Flawed scientific articles don't just clutter journals—they misguide policies, waste taxpayer funds, and endanger lives.

Scientific fraud is becoming a larger issue. Thousands of fake scientific papers have flooded journals and have subsequently had to be retracted. Much of this is the work of paper mills, which submit ...

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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 ...

Digital Science today announces the launch of Papers Pro, an AI-enhanced premium version of its acclaimed reference manager, Papers. As part of the ReadCube suite of literature solutions, Papers Pro ...

In a major editorial decision, the journal Science has officially retracted a famous and fiercely debated 2011 paper that proposed the existence of an “arsenic-based” life-form. The original study ...