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Researchers develop citation-testing tool, raising concerns over open-source availability

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Four researchers have developed a tool to analyze citations within scholarly articles, using it to identify fabricated citations in a sample of 500,000 peer-reviewed papers. While the tool's reliance on Claude and proprietary code limits its open-source availability, the researchers have offered to share their analysis code and the tool's pseudocode. This approach, however, hinders precise replication and the broader development of standardized citation-testing methods. AI

IMPACT The development of tools to detect AI-generated content, such as fabricated citations, is crucial for maintaining the integrity of academic research.

RANK_REASON The cluster describes a new tool developed by researchers for analyzing scholarly articles, which falls under research. [lever_c_demoted from research: ic=1 ai=1.0]

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Researchers develop citation-testing tool, raising concerns over open-source availability

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  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Four researchers built a tool to test the citations in a large number of scholarly articles. In this study, they used it to show how many fabricated citations t

    Four researchers built a tool to test the citations in a large number of scholarly articles. In this study, they used it to show how many fabricated citations they found in a random sample of 500,000 peer-reviewed articles. https://www. pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2623 869123 I'm i…

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