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Well, guess who had to update their collection of academic slop images today? "Pulled from the Trough" is more than 50 pages long now. There seems to have been a big spike of slop images in journals early in 2025, but less since? bit.ly/academic-slop
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This project collects images created using generative artificial intelligence (gen AI) that have appeared in academic journals.If you run across examples of gen AI images in journals or books - whether figures, graphical abstract, covers, or other - please submit it using this form: https://bit.ly/JournalSlopVersion historyVersion 1.0: Released 18 December 2025. Nine entries.Version 2.0: Released 5 January 2026. Four new entries; clickable hyperlinks added to URLs; other minor changes.Version 3.0: Released 31 March 2026. One new entry.Version 2.0: 1 May 2026. Due to erroneous file upload, rollback to previous version until such time as the correct file can be repaired and uploaded.Version 4.0: Released 15 May 2026. Two new entries.Version 5.0: Released 2 June 2026. One new entry.Version 6.0: Released 15 June 2026. One new entry.
Pulled From the Trough: Slop Images in Academic Journals
Zen Faulkes
Look at Figure 1, & you'll understand why "Exploring the Dermatological Applications of Human Mesenchymal Stem Cell Secretome: A Comprehensive Review" was #retracted. Was published in Stem Cell Research & Therapy. #PeerReview? Ha! link.springer.com/article/10.1... link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Katharine O'Moore-Klopf, ELS