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  1. How bad #science is becoming big business
    "te emergence of an #organised, systematic approach to #scientific #fraud. Tis incls #papermills churn'g out formulaic #research articles, brokerages guarantee'g publication for a fee & predatory journals tt bypass quality assurance entirely. These orgn's disguise themselves behind respectable sound'g labels eg “editing services” or “academic consultants”. In reality their biz model depends on corrupting te #scientificprocess" 1/2
    theconversation.com/how-bad-sc

  2. A powerful new study (Richardson et al., @PNASNews 2025) reveals the scale of systematic research fraud: fake papers are doubling every 1.5 years - ten times faster than real science. Retractions and deindexing can't keep up. Journals look away. Universities stay silent. Ministries protect their own.

    :doi: doi.org/10.1073/pnas.242009212

    The authors call for independent, conflict-free structures with real power to act.

    #ResearchFraud #ScientificIntegrity #PaperMills #AcademicEthics