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Data from giant project show how withdrawn research propagates through the literature. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A scientist reviewing a study spotted figures that looked identical to his own, leading to a frustrating campaign to prevent its publication. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

An unpublished analysis suggests that there are hundreds of thousands of bogus ‘paper-mill’ articles lurking in the literature. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The number of articles being retracted rose sharply this year. Integrity experts say that this is only the tip of the iceberg. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Unreliable data, falsification and other issues related to misconduct are driving a growing proportion of retractions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

EXCLUSIVE: Poor-quality studies are polluting the literature — a group will study the businesses that produce them to stem the flow of bogus research. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Some publishers say they are battling industrialized cheating. A Nature analysis examines the 'paper mill' problem — and how editors are trying to cope. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Browser plug-in alerts users when studies — or their references — have been posted on a site known for raising integrity concerns. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Scientists compiling a review scan more than 1,000 papers and find troubling images in some 10%.Scientists compiling a review scan more than 1,000 papers and find troubling images in nearly 20%. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Awareness of when a paper can’t be trusted is often too low — but adopting some easy-to-use technological solutions can help researchers, publishers and referees to clean things up. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

An algorithm that takes just seconds to scan a paper for duplicated images racks up more suspicious images than a person. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Text- and image-generating tools present a new hurdle for efforts to tackle the growing number of fake papers making their way into the academic literature. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

By designing an autonomous system that fed prompts to the chatbot, researchers produced a paper that was fluent and insightful. Yet they still have concerns. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Concerns about image integrity have so far led to 17 retractions, corrections or expressions of concern for papers co-authored by geneticist Gregg Semenza. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This journal will double down on efforts to diversify the pool of corresponding authors and referees. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Journals have begun retracting publications with suspicious links to sites trading in author positions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Online integrity hub will contain tools to help publishers combat bogus research and image manipulation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Studies to tackle air quality in Delhi and solve the mystery of an emerging pathogen are among those helping to raise the profile of Indian science. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The nonsensical computer-generated articles, spotted years after the problem was first seen, could lead to a wave of retractions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

David Bimler, also known as Smut Clyde, scours the scientific literature for bogus articles. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

How do you get your creative juices flowing after spending hours, days or months looking at a blank screen? Researchers share their advice. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Large language models can draft abstracts or suggest research directions, but these artificial-intelligence tools are a work in progress. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Analysis reveals that strange turns of phrase may indicate foul play in science. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Campaigners who want scrutiny of biometrics research on Uyghurs, Tibetans and other groups are frustrated by slow progress. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Some researchers publish a new paper every five days, on average. Data trackers suspect not all their manuscripts were produced through honest labour. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

At least four articles credit the AI tool as a co-author, as publishers scramble to regulate its use. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Ranga Dias will have a second paper revoked. A journal’s investigation found apparent data fabrication. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Letter to the Editor [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Make science more reliable by placing the burden of replicability on the community, not on individual laboratories. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Publishers are deploying AI-based tools to detect suspicious images, but generative AI threatens their efforts. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

An analysis of DOIs suggests that digital preservation is not keeping up with burgeoning scholarly knowledge. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

To thwart publishing rackets that undermine scholars and scholarly publishing, legitimate journals should show their workings. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Hundreds of junk-science papers have been retracted from reputable journals after fraudsters used ‘special issues’ to manipulate the publication process. And the problem is growing. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Studies involving hundreds, even thousands, of scientists are on the rise, but how do such large groups coordinate their work? [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Letter to the Editor [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

By joining a collecting society, researchers can ensure they are paid when copyrighted book content and papers are reproduced. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Universities must declare all their retractions and launch investigations into misconduct cases; a Nature analysis reveals that since 2021 there have been more than 17,000 retractions with Chinese co-authors. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A world of AI-assisted writing and reviewing might transform the nature of the scientific paper. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The ways in which researchers can artificially inflate their reference counts are growing. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Search engines that highlight key papers are keeping scientists up to date. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Letter to the Editor [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Ohio State University investigations identified misconduct by two scientists in lab of high-profile cancer researcher Carlo Croce. The university has cleared Croce of misconduct, but disciplined him over management problems. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Developers want to free scientists to focus on discovery and innovation by helping them to draw connections from a massive body of literature. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Too often, journal assessments of potentially unreliable research are superficial, opaque and prolonged. Changes to the guidance given by the Committee on Publication Ethics could tighten up the process. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Faced with a deluge of papers, journal editors are struggling to find willing peer reviewers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A few publishers are using automated software to catch flaws in submitted papers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A study of review reports identifies dozens of adjectives that could indicate text written with the help of chatbots. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Large language model creates synopses of papers aimed at various reading levels to help scientists sift through the literature. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The author presents several solutions to the problem regarding the replication of published scientific studies. One obvious solution is for journals to publish more papers that describe failures to replicate results. Scientific publishing's move online may be a big help, opening up new possibilities for sharing and commenting on papers and methods. Another possibility is to link to conversation happening elsewhere on the Web.

An unprecedented number of crystallography database entries are undergoing extra checks amid fears that they are based on fabricated data. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]