Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social

12 days ago

Also, 30,000 fake papers out of 1 million+ does not indict or threaten science as a whole. This entire "science is in crisis from within" narrative is a right-wing myth.

For their analysis, the scientists built a database of more than a million scientific papers. They searched for the papers in online forums where sleuths share duplicated images and tortured phrases, as well as the Retraction Watch Database, maintained by the Center for Scientific Integrity.

The researchers compiled a list of 30,000 papers that have either been retracted or show signs of having come from a paper mill. They discovered connections between the papers that strongly hinted that they were the product of large-scale fraud. Many of these connections linked clusters of editors and authors who often worked together.

Joe Bak-Coleman @jbakcoleman.bsky.social

12 days ago

Ando @beingando.bsky.social

11 days ago

And how many of those fake papers were published by right-wing think tanks? (asking for a friend)

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