Fraud scientific research is increasing and threatening medical research, warnings have been warned by experts.
A new study found that the network of bad actors works together to publish bogus research. conclusion, Published in the journal owner This weekMore than 5 million scientific articles published in 70,000 magazines came from analyzing.
“To avoid traditional colleague review processes, there are groups of editors conspiring to publish low quality articles, to avoid traditional colleague review processes, a leading author of a social scientific study at Northwestern University in the US.”
Research highlighted the evidence of the network of scientific journal editors’ network, which often publish research that are flagged for integrity issues, and “brokers” that connect fraudulent writers to the thesis editor network.
“This type of Frau destroys confidence in science. It prejudicates systematic and meta-analysis, delays treatment and delays new research,” said Anna Abalkina, a social scientist at Berlin’s free university, who was not involved in the study.
Scientist hair is a growing issue
New scientific research is published as research papers in research journals. There are thousands of separate research journals, each are publishing different subjects of research, and with different levels of scientific impact.
Thesis magazines are the forum for researchers to share their findings, principles and ideas with peers and broad public.
“Historically, scientists [publication] Enterprise has been done for engines for progress. It is vaccine, antibiotics, internet, sterile surgery … everything that now makes life comfortable for us, “Richardson said.
But Sham Research is increasing – One of the seven research publications contains fake data by some estimates. Artificial intelligence is giving so much fuel Research misconduct.
The study of fraud consists of fabricated data, vague results, literary research or images.
“You can map the network of image repetitions which are wide thousands of articles,” Richardson said.
Fake research damages scientific integrity
Fake or poor-quality research is specialized by journal editors or peer critics, but experts have warned that it is making its way to publish by groups of bad actors working simultaneously.
Many high profile examples of scientific hair have been exposed. During the Covid-19 epidemic, the treatment of covid infections was used to make scientific and political decisions on the properties of hydroxychlorocvine. Experts associated the issue with “self-promotion magazines”-where publication writers are often editor of very magazines in which they publish their studies.
Even single fraud studies can cause permanent problems. For example, researchers found evidence of image manipulation in a historical study about Alzheimer’s disease. The paper was finally withdrawn and the chief scientist resigned, but Abulkina Research was invested by billions of dollars in funding and years of research from a bad study earlier.
,[It’s] Unreliable that can only do a paper, ” Abulkina Told DW.
How to approve corruption in science?
Luis Amarral, senior writer of Northwestern University’s study, said it is “probably the most disappointing project with which I am involved.”
Amral said, “It is upset to see others in Ms. and others in misleading. But if you believe that science is useful and important for humanity, then you have to fight for it,” said America.
Scientific publishing groups are aware of the issue and are working to create new ways to identify and withdraw fraud research. A prominent publisher, Springer Nature, withdrew 2.923 articles from his publications in 2024.
But withdrawing the papers means that poor science has already made it for publication.
Experts Abulkina And Richardson said that issues eventually come out how scientific research is given importance. Scientific jobs and funding are dilapidated on scientific publication.
“Where you are facing one [lack] Resources and still pressurize you to get out [publications]You are actually left with two options: you buy scientists crazy, or in your holiday science. This is a situation in which there are tens of thousands of scientists, “Richardson said.
This is why the best solution to fight the publications of fraud, he said, to dig all quantitative matrix of research assessment such as publications and counting of quotes.
Edited by: Fred Scholor
Correction, August 10, 2025: Recall Rech Richardson’s name in the first edition of this article. DW waiver for error.
