Fake papers are contaminating the world’s scientific literature, fueling a corrupt industry and slowing legitimate lifesaving medical research
- Written by Frederik Joelving, Contributing editor, Retraction Watch
Assistant professor Frank Cackowski, left, and researcher Steven Zielske at Wayne State University in Detroit became suspicious of a paper on cancer research that was eventually retracted.Amy Sacka, CC BY-NDOver the past decade, furtive commercial entities around the world have industrialized the production, sale and dissemination of bogus...