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Richard Van Noorden

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Features editor, Nature. E: r⟦dot⟧vannoorden⟦at⟧nature⟦dot⟧com or richardvannoorden⟦at⟧protonmail⟦dot⟧com. Also @richvn on https://t.co/XYyNLp8jZW, https://t.co/l3cvvIsxTE & https://t.co/E4l6fBUAfq

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How large is science's fake-paper problem?
Massive, finds a new ML text-analysis by Adam Day. It suggests paper mills rise to 1.5-2% of all papers; 3% in biomed.
That's 70,000 papers last year alone, >400,000 overall. As a 'conservative estimate'.
nature.com/articles/d4158…

How large is science's fake-paper problem? Massive, finds a new ML text-analysis by @ClearSkiesAdam. It suggests paper mills rise to 1.5-2% of all papers; 3% in biomed. That's 70,000 papers last year alone, >400,000 overall. As a 'conservative estimate'. nature.com/articles/d4158…
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