Detecting Hallucinated and Suspicious Citations: What Current Tools Can and Cannot Do

Large language models are increasingly used in academic writing, including for reference generation, raising concerns about hallucinated and unreliable citations. Recent research suggests that this pr...

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Just over 400 U.S. patents contain citations to retracted scientific papers

Surendra/Adobe Stock Around 400 U.S. patents contain at least one citation to a retracted scientific paper, a new study has found.  The analysis, posted last month to the preprint server SSRN, anal…

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As researchers aim for universal AI disclosure guidelines, the devil is in the details

Integrity conference attendees debated when and how authors should declare AI use in papers

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Kaggle removes problematic stroke dataset for copyright infringement

Images from the now-deleted dataset on Kaggle purportedly showed people who had a stroke, but the folder included stock images and photos of politicians and celebrities, as seen in this screenshot.…

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Can we stop AI from flooding scientific journals?

AI detectors may never beat fraud. Changing how science rewards its researchers might be the only fix that does

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Could an AI ever win a Nobel prize?

Artificial intelligence is already having a huge impact on research, and the technology is advancing so quickly that some suggest it could soon be capable of directing its own research programmes. But...

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Chinese university launches probe into girl’s gene-editing death

More than a year after failed clinical trial, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine promises “serious action”

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Elsevier retracts the least and reinstates the most, new analysis finds

Frequencies of reasons 10 publishers have given for retracting articles (source). While Elsevier outcompetes other publishers in terms of sheer volume, it also has the lowest retraction rate and hi…

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Researchers who use hallucinated references to face arXiv ban

The preprint server is the latest to impose stiff penalties on authors who contribute to AI ‘slop’ — but not everyone is convinced it’s the right approach.

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Exclusive: Death of girl in Chinese gene-editing trial was never made public

Parents want accountability after study went disastrously wrong, Science and Retraction Watch investigation reveals

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Why have papers by one of history’s most famous physicists been retracted?

Springer Nature has removed two studies by Max Planck. A bot may be to blame

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Sign the Open Letter to stop big tech

We are Australia’s songwriters, recording artists, authors, journalists, photographers, producers, visual artists, composers, screenwriters, playwrights…

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Aussie music stars band together over AI concerns - News | InDaily, Inside Queensland

Australia's greatest musical hits, including by songs local legends Powderfinger, have been used in AI training datasets.

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We published in Nature Medicine in 2025 for free. In 2026, it cost us $12,850

In 2025, Elizabeth Selvin and her colleagues published in Nature Medicine for free. In 2026, it cost them $12,850, she writes.

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New system for flagging retracted papers finds scores of them in Cochrane reviews

Cochrane has implemented a new system for checking whether any of its thousands of published reviews include retracted studies in their analyses, the organization announced today. The effort alread…

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Video: Police Tussle With Diabetes Experts at ADA Meeting

Researchers told they could no longer attend the annual scientific sessions

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Biology Open paid peer review model cuts times to five working days - Research Information

Reviewers were paid £220 per manuscript, conditional on timely completion and editorial assessment of review quality

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Editors of semantics journal resign, launch new journal after publisher ‘ultimatum’

The new journal, Semantics of Natural Languages, launched in May. The editors of a semantics journal owned by Springer Nature have resigned to launch a new one, citing pressure from the compan…

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Academia Is Enshittifying. AI Made It Faster.

A small retraction notice opens onto a large structural shift. AI did not start the rot in academic publishing. AI is the catalyst that is finishing it.

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To Trust or Not to Trust: Authors' Response to AI-based Reviews

Large language models are increasingly discussed and used as tools that may assist with scholarly peer review, but empirical evidence regarding how authors use and perceive AI-based feedback remains l...

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Nature is expanding Registered Reports to all the fields in which we publish

Registered Reports improve the credibility of scientific claims by rewarding big questions, sound methods and solid analyses. They need to become a standard tool in research.

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Chemical & Engineering News

Chemical & Engineering News is a weekly news magazine published by the American Chemical Society, providing professional and technical news and analysis in the fields of chemistry and chemical enginee...

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Lawmakers propose banning all U.S.-Chinese research collaborations

Critics say bill would weaken U.S. science by cutting flows of ideas and talent

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European academics shun US business conference over Trump fears

Academy of Management to move event in future years as regular attendees stay at home owing to visa fears and opposition to president’s research policies

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U.S. agencies aren’t ready for the rising cost of making research papers free, report warns

Science agencies could soon face nearly $1 billion publishing bill, Congressional analysts find

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Scholarly Publishing Costs Under Scrutiny by Trump Administration

Recent statements about the high cost of scholarly publishing and subscription fees paid by the federal government may signal major policy changes ahead.

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25 BHU research papers retracted in 5 years amid integrity and AI concerns

International journals have retracted at least 25 research papers linked to BHU researchers over the last five years. The case has sharpened focus on research integrity, AI disclosure and data verific...

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How to be a critical thinker

What does it take to think critically, and why is it a skill we should flex now more than ever? Three easy steps towards being a critical thinker from Dr Deborah Brown.

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How much of the scientific literature is generated by AI?

Tools for reliably estimating what artificial intelligence is being used for are still lacking.

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