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Nearly 3,000 peer-reviewed medical papers have fake citations, AI-assisted audit finds

  • May 8, 2026 at 1:00 PM
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Nearly 3,000 peer-reviewed medical papers have fake citations, AI-assisted audit finds
A new Columbia University School of Nursing AI-assisted audit reveals nearly 3,000 peer-reviewed medical papers have fake citations that do not exist in scientific databases. The results highlight an alarming trend in academic publishing as the use of AI grows.

Originally published at Phys.org

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