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https://www.wsj.com/science/academic-studies-research-paper-mills-journals-publishing-f5a3d4bc?

Flood of Fake Science Forces Multiple

Journal Closures

Wall Street Journal, by Nidhi Subbaraman

Posted By: DVC, 5/15/2024 5:17:34 PM

Fake studies have flooded the publishers of top scientific journals, leading to thousands of retractions and millions of dollars in lost revenue. The biggest hit has come to Wiley, a 217-year-old publisher based in Hoboken, N.J., which Tuesday will announce that it is closing 19 journals, some of which were infected by large-scale research fraud. In the past two years, Wiley has retracted more than 11,300 papers that appeared compromised, according to a spokesperson, and closed four journals. It isn’t alone: At least two other publishers have retracted hundreds of suspect papers each. Several others have pulled smaller clusters of bad papers.