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Fabricated references in scientific papers surge, study finds

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A new study has revealed a significant increase in fabricated references within scientific papers. An automated pipeline identified 1,135 fabricated references across 619 papers with high precision. The prevalence of such fabricated references has risen sharply from 6.3 per 10,000 papers in 2023 to 23.0 per 10,000 in early 2026. This issue varies by field, with physics showing a higher rate than chemistry. AI

RANK_REASON The cluster reports on findings from a scientific paper detailing an increase in fabricated references. [lever_c_demoted from research: ic=1 ai=0.4]

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Fabricated references in scientific papers surge, study finds

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    Gee, what could possibly be causing this curve to emerge, all of a sudden? "Our automated pipeline classified 1,135 references across 619 papers as fabricated,

    Gee, what could possibly be causing this curve to emerge, all of a sudden? "Our automated pipeline classified 1,135 references across 619 papers as fabricated, with 85.8% precision on masked expert review; fabricated is an operational label for a claimed title that could not be l…

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