@IM_Crit_ 22 days ago
An audit of 2.5 million academic biomedical-science papers identified ~3,000 w fake references;, ones that could not be traced to known publications. There were 12 times more publications w fabricated citations in 2025 compared w 2023. 🤦♂️
Topaz et al, Lancet, 407: 1779-81. (2026)