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#papermills #jif #misconduct #scholcomm

petersuber @[email protected] · 2026-07-07 · 19:11 UTC

A new study shows that articles from #PaperMills can get "50 to 100% more citations than other papers" even with fewer downloads. One cause for the extra citations is mutual citation by the same papers.

Primary source (preprint)
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.05.25.727627v1

Summary in Nature
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01908-8

#papermills #jif #misconduct #scholcomm

petersuber @[email protected] · 2026-07-07 · 19:11 UTC

A new study shows that articles from #PaperMills can get "50 to 100% more citations than other papers" even with fewer downloads. One cause for the extra citations is mutual citation by the same papers.

Primary source (preprint)
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.05.25.727627v1

Summary in Nature
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01908-8

#papermills #jif #misconduct #scholcomm

petersuber @[email protected] · 2026-07-07 · 19:11 UTC

A new study shows that articles from #PaperMills can get "50 to 100% more citations than other papers" even with fewer downloads. One cause for the extra citations is mutual citation by the same papers.

Primary source (preprint)
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.05.25.727627v1

Summary in Nature
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01908-8

#scholcomm #misconduct #jif #papermills

petersuber @[email protected] · 2026-07-07 · 19:11 UTC

A new study shows that articles from #PaperMills can get "50 to 100% more citations than other papers" even with fewer downloads. One cause for the extra citations is mutual citation by the same papers.

Primary source (preprint)
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.05.25.727627v1

Summary in Nature
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01908-8

🔗 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01251-y

#papermills #jif #misconduct #scholcomm

LeidenForce @[email protected] · 2026-06-02 · 09:45 UTC

At a hearing of United States House Committee on Science Space and Technology, lawmakers examined paper mills and open access fees, but no shared path for reform emerged. Integrity, cost and access remain in tension.

#OpenScience #AcademicPublishing #ResearchIntegrity #SciencePolicy #papermills

#openscience #academicpublishing #researchintegrity #sciencepolicy #papermills

LeidenForce @[email protected] · 2026-06-02 · 09:45 UTC

At a hearing of United States House Committee on Science Space and Technology, lawmakers examined paper mills and open access fees, but no shared path for reform emerged. Integrity, cost and access remain in tension.

🔗 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01251-y

#OpenScience #AcademicPublishing #ResearchIntegrity #SciencePolicy #papermills

#openscience #academicpublishing #researchintegrity #sciencepolicy #papermills

LeidenForce @[email protected] · 2026-06-02 · 09:45 UTC

At a hearing of United States House Committee on Science Space and Technology, lawmakers examined paper mills and open access fees, but no shared path for reform emerged. Integrity, cost and access remain in tension.

🔗 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01251-y

#OpenScience #AcademicPublishing #ResearchIntegrity #SciencePolicy #papermills

#openscience #academicpublishing #researchintegrity #sciencepolicy #papermills

LeidenForce @[email protected] · 2026-06-02 · 09:45 UTC

At a hearing of United States House Committee on Science Space and Technology, lawmakers examined paper mills and open access fees, but no shared path for reform emerged. Integrity, cost and access remain in tension.

🔗 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01251-y

#OpenScience #AcademicPublishing #ResearchIntegrity #SciencePolicy #papermills

#papermills #sciencepolicy #researchintegrity #academicpublishing #openscience

LeidenForce @[email protected] · 2026-06-02 · 09:45 UTC

At a hearing of United States House Committee on Science Space and Technology, lawmakers examined paper mills and open access fees, but no shared path for reform emerged. Integrity, cost and access remain in tension.

🔗 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01251-y

#OpenScience #AcademicPublishing #ResearchIntegrity #SciencePolicy #papermills

#openscience #academicpublishing #researchintegrity #sciencepolicy #papermills

Elisabeth Bik @[email protected] · 2026-05-05 · 01:27 UTC

Next up, a networking event for people working on #papermills, where all participants (sleuths, meta scientists, research integrity specialists at publishers, computational scientists) can introduce themselves to others. And Jennifer Byrne brought Tim Tams! #WCRI2026

#papermills #wcri2026

Elisabeth Bik @[email protected] · 2026-05-05 · 01:27 UTC

Next up, a networking event for people working on #papermills, where all participants (sleuths, meta scientists, research integrity specialists at publishers, computational scientists) can introduce themselves to others. And Jennifer Byrne brought Tim Tams! #WCRI2026

#papermills #wcri2026

Elisabeth Bik @[email protected] · 2026-05-05 · 01:27 UTC

Next up, a networking event for people working on #papermills, where all participants (sleuths, meta scientists, research integrity specialists at publishers, computational scientists) can introduce themselves to others. And Jennifer Byrne brought Tim Tams! #WCRI2026

#papermills #wcri2026

Elisabeth Bik @[email protected] · 2026-05-05 · 01:27 UTC

Next up, a networking event for people working on #papermills, where all participants (sleuths, meta scientists, research integrity specialists at publishers, computational scientists) can introduce themselves to others. And Jennifer Byrne brought Tim Tams! #WCRI2026

#wcri2026 #papermills

DGI e.V., Frankfurt am Main @[email protected] · 2026-04-29 · 17:16 UTC

📢 Online-Veranstaltung: „Wissenschaft zwischen Wahrheit und Fake – Wenn der Publikationswahn die Demokratie angreift"

🗓 Di, 12.05.2026, 17–19 Uhr per BBB

#Wissenschaftskommunikation #OpenScience #ResearchIntegrity #PaperMills #dgiinfo

Paper Mills, KI-Fälschungen, „Publish or Perish": Wie schützen wir die Integrität der Forschung?

Mit Dr. Jasmin Schmitz (ZB MED), Prof. Dr. Irma Rybnikova & Prof. Dr. Jörg Meyer (HSHL).

Bitte Anmeldung per Mail: [email protected]

#wissenschaftskommunikation #openscience #researchintegrity #papermills #dgiinfo

DGI e.V., Frankfurt am Main @[email protected] · 2026-04-29 · 17:16 UTC

📢 Online-Veranstaltung: „Wissenschaft zwischen Wahrheit und Fake – Wenn der Publikationswahn die Demokratie angreift"

🗓 Di, 12.05.2026, 17–19 Uhr per BBB

#Wissenschaftskommunikation #OpenScience #ResearchIntegrity #PaperMills #dgiinfo

Paper Mills, KI-Fälschungen, „Publish or Perish": Wie schützen wir die Integrität der Forschung?

Mit Dr. Jasmin Schmitz (ZB MED), Prof. Dr. Irma Rybnikova & Prof. Dr. Jörg Meyer (HSHL).

Bitte Anmeldung per Mail: [email protected]

#wissenschaftskommunikation #openscience #researchintegrity #papermills #dgiinfo

DGI e.V., Frankfurt am Main @[email protected] · 2026-04-29 · 17:16 UTC

📢 Online-Veranstaltung: „Wissenschaft zwischen Wahrheit und Fake – Wenn der Publikationswahn die Demokratie angreift"

🗓 Di, 12.05.2026, 17–19 Uhr per BBB

#Wissenschaftskommunikation #OpenScience #ResearchIntegrity #PaperMills #dgiinfo

Paper Mills, KI-Fälschungen, „Publish or Perish": Wie schützen wir die Integrität der Forschung?

Mit Dr. Jasmin Schmitz (ZB MED), Prof. Dr. Irma Rybnikova & Prof. Dr. Jörg Meyer (HSHL).

Bitte Anmeldung per Mail: [email protected]

#dgiinfo #papermills #researchintegrity #openscience #wissenschaftskommunikation

DGI e.V., Frankfurt am Main @[email protected] · 2026-04-29 · 17:16 UTC

📢 Online-Veranstaltung: „Wissenschaft zwischen Wahrheit und Fake – Wenn der Publikationswahn die Demokratie angreift"

🗓 Di, 12.05.2026, 17–19 Uhr per BBB

#Wissenschaftskommunikation #OpenScience #ResearchIntegrity #PaperMills #dgiinfo

Paper Mills, KI-Fälschungen, „Publish or Perish": Wie schützen wir die Integrität der Forschung?

Mit Dr. Jasmin Schmitz (ZB MED), Prof. Dr. Irma Rybnikova & Prof. Dr. Jörg Meyer (HSHL).

Bitte Anmeldung per Mail: [email protected]

#wissenschaftskommunikation #openscience #researchintegrity #papermills #dgiinfo

petersuber @[email protected] · 2026-04-29 · 13:45 UTC

Update. Related:

"Opening Pandora's box: Paper mills in conference proceedings."
https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.22458

From the abstract: "This study aims to identify papers in conference proceedings whose titles have been offered for sale on social media platforms. We collected more than 4,000 unique publication offers from more than 200 social media channels and used semi-automated methods along with human assessment to match offers with papers published in IEEE conference proceedings. We identified 1,720 papers in 286 IEEE conference proceedings, accounting for up to 23.51% of an individual conference. These problematic papers are co-authored by more than 6,500 researchers from over 3,500 affiliations in 55 countries."

#misconduct #papermills #scholcomm

petersuber @[email protected] · 2026-04-29 · 13:45 UTC

Update. Related:

"Opening Pandora's box: Paper mills in conference proceedings."
https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.22458

From the abstract: "This study aims to identify papers in conference proceedings whose titles have been offered for sale on social media platforms. We collected more than 4,000 unique publication offers from more than 200 social media channels and used semi-automated methods along with human assessment to match offers with papers published in IEEE conference proceedings. We identified 1,720 papers in 286 IEEE conference proceedings, accounting for up to 23.51% of an individual conference. These problematic papers are co-authored by more than 6,500 researchers from over 3,500 affiliations in 55 countries."

#misconduct #papermills #scholcomm

petersuber @[email protected] · 2026-04-29 · 13:45 UTC

Update. Related:

"Opening Pandora's box: Paper mills in conference proceedings."
https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.22458

From the abstract: "This study aims to identify papers in conference proceedings whose titles have been offered for sale on social media platforms. We collected more than 4,000 unique publication offers from more than 200 social media channels and used semi-automated methods along with human assessment to match offers with papers published in IEEE conference proceedings. We identified 1,720 papers in 286 IEEE conference proceedings, accounting for up to 23.51% of an individual conference. These problematic papers are co-authored by more than 6,500 researchers from over 3,500 affiliations in 55 countries."

#misconduct #papermills #scholcomm

petersuber @[email protected] · 2026-04-29 · 13:45 UTC

Update. Related:

"Opening Pandora's box: Paper mills in conference proceedings."
https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.22458

From the abstract: "This study aims to identify papers in conference proceedings whose titles have been offered for sale on social media platforms. We collected more than 4,000 unique publication offers from more than 200 social media channels and used semi-automated methods along with human assessment to match offers with papers published in IEEE conference proceedings. We identified 1,720 papers in 286 IEEE conference proceedings, accounting for up to 23.51% of an individual conference. These problematic papers are co-authored by more than 6,500 researchers from over 3,500 affiliations in 55 countries."

#scholcomm #papermills #misconduct

petersuber @[email protected] · 2026-04-29 · 13:45 UTC

Update. Related:

"Opening Pandora's box: Paper mills in conference proceedings."
https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.22458

From the abstract: "This study aims to identify papers in conference proceedings whose titles have been offered for sale on social media platforms. We collected more than 4,000 unique publication offers from more than 200 social media channels and used semi-automated methods along with human assessment to match offers with papers published in IEEE conference proceedings. We identified 1,720 papers in 286 IEEE conference proceedings, accounting for up to 23.51% of an individual conference. These problematic papers are co-authored by more than 6,500 researchers from over 3,500 affiliations in 55 countries."

#misconduct #papermills #scholcomm

petersuber @[email protected] · 2026-04-29 · 13:30 UTC

Update. You can now see the preprint itself, on #arXiv.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.24576

From the abstract: "We assemble BuyTheBy, a large, annotated dataset of timestamped, text-based paper mill advertisements from seven businesses operating out of seven different countries. The dataset consists of 18,710 individual advertisements, of which 15,839 have prices listed. Among these there are 20,598 positions listed as for sale on 5,567 unique products in 14 different product categories with 51,812 timestamped price data points."

#scholcomm #arxiv #misconduct #papermills

petersuber @[email protected] · 2026-04-29 · 13:30 UTC

Update. You can now see the preprint itself, on #arXiv.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.24576

From the abstract: "We assemble BuyTheBy, a large, annotated dataset of timestamped, text-based paper mill advertisements from seven businesses operating out of seven different countries. The dataset consists of 18,710 individual advertisements, of which 15,839 have prices listed. Among these there are 20,598 positions listed as for sale on 5,567 unique products in 14 different product categories with 51,812 timestamped price data points."

#arxiv #misconduct #papermills #scholcomm

petersuber @[email protected] · 2026-04-29 · 13:30 UTC

Update. You can now see the preprint itself, on #arXiv.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.24576

From the abstract: "We assemble BuyTheBy, a large, annotated dataset of timestamped, text-based paper mill advertisements from seven businesses operating out of seven different countries. The dataset consists of 18,710 individual advertisements, of which 15,839 have prices listed. Among these there are 20,598 positions listed as for sale on 5,567 unique products in 14 different product categories with 51,812 timestamped price data points."

#arxiv #misconduct #papermills #scholcomm

petersuber @[email protected] · 2026-04-29 · 13:30 UTC

Update. You can now see the preprint itself, on #arXiv.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.24576

From the abstract: "We assemble BuyTheBy, a large, annotated dataset of timestamped, text-based paper mill advertisements from seven businesses operating out of seven different countries. The dataset consists of 18,710 individual advertisements, of which 15,839 have prices listed. Among these there are 20,598 positions listed as for sale on 5,567 unique products in 14 different product categories with 51,812 timestamped price data points."

#scholcomm #papermills #misconduct #arxiv

petersuber @[email protected] · 2026-04-29 · 13:30 UTC

Update. You can now see the preprint itself, on #arXiv.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.24576

From the abstract: "We assemble BuyTheBy, a large, annotated dataset of timestamped, text-based paper mill advertisements from seven businesses operating out of seven different countries. The dataset consists of 18,710 individual advertisements, of which 15,839 have prices listed. Among these there are 20,598 positions listed as for sale on 5,567 unique products in 14 different product categories with 51,812 timestamped price data points."

#arxiv #misconduct #papermills #scholcomm

petersuber @[email protected] · 2026-04-26 · 17:20 UTC

"Thousands of shady ads sell paper authorship for cash, large-scale investigation finds."
https://www.science.org/content/article/thousands-shady-ads-sell-paper-authorship-cash-large-scale-investigation-finds

PS: This article from _Science_ reports important news about paper mills. But apart from that, note that it draws from an #arXiv preprint that hasn't been released yet. It's a preprint preprint, and from _Science_. A nice example of the ongoing #ScholComm transformation.

#arxiv #misconduct #papermills #scholcomm

petersuber @[email protected] · 2026-04-26 · 17:20 UTC

"Thousands of shady ads sell paper authorship for cash, large-scale investigation finds."
https://www.science.org/content/article/thousands-shady-ads-sell-paper-authorship-cash-large-scale-investigation-finds

PS: This article from _Science_ reports important news about paper mills. But apart from that, note that it draws from an #arXiv preprint that hasn't been released yet. It's a preprint preprint, and from _Science_. A nice example of the ongoing #ScholComm transformation.

#arxiv #misconduct #papermills #scholcomm

petersuber @[email protected] · 2026-04-26 · 17:20 UTC

"Thousands of shady ads sell paper authorship for cash, large-scale investigation finds."
https://www.science.org/content/article/thousands-shady-ads-sell-paper-authorship-cash-large-scale-investigation-finds

PS: This article from _Science_ reports important news about paper mills. But apart from that, note that it draws from an #arXiv preprint that hasn't been released yet. It's a preprint preprint, and from _Science_. A nice example of the ongoing #ScholComm transformation.

#arxiv #misconduct #papermills #scholcomm

petersuber @[email protected] · 2026-04-26 · 17:20 UTC

"Thousands of shady ads sell paper authorship for cash, large-scale investigation finds."
https://www.science.org/content/article/thousands-shady-ads-sell-paper-authorship-cash-large-scale-investigation-finds

PS: This article from _Science_ reports important news about paper mills. But apart from that, note that it draws from an #arXiv preprint that hasn't been released yet. It's a preprint preprint, and from _Science_. A nice example of the ongoing #ScholComm transformation.

#scholcomm #papermills #misconduct #arxiv

petersuber @[email protected] · 2026-04-26 · 17:20 UTC

"Thousands of shady ads sell paper authorship for cash, large-scale investigation finds."
https://www.science.org/content/article/thousands-shady-ads-sell-paper-authorship-cash-large-scale-investigation-finds

PS: This article from _Science_ reports important news about paper mills. But apart from that, note that it draws from an #arXiv preprint that hasn't been released yet. It's a preprint preprint, and from _Science_. A nice example of the ongoing #ScholComm transformation.