Fabricated citations: an audit across 2·5 million biomedical papers
The fabrication rate increased more than 12 times between 2023 and early 2026.
Possible causes: Paper Mills, AI use etc
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Scientific literature depends on the integrity of its references. Each reference implicitly
asserts that a verifiable source exists and supports the claims being made. When references
point to non-exi...
