An Ahrefs report tested whether adding schema markup to pages already cited by AI improved their citation rates.

Over 4,000 fabricated references across more than 2,800 papers identified ...

The combination of scientists relying on AI chatbots to write articles and the proliferation of unscrupulous pay-to-play junk ...

Introduction Non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) is defined as the deliberate harm to one’s body without suicidal intent. Although individuals engaging in NSSI do not intend to die, repetitive self-injury ...

A new study published in Big Earth Data presents phenological metrics derived from Earth observation (EO) satellite time series—such as greening ...

1 New York College of Podiatric Medicine, New York, USA. 2 College of Medicine, University of Illinois, Peoria, USA. 3 School of Medicine in Colton, California University of Science and Medicine, ...

More than 140,000 fake citations across four research repositories were identified in papers and preprints published in 2025 ...

An analysis of 97 million citations has found that rates of fabricated citations have climbed steeply since 2023.

AI-generated slop has shown up everywhere, including in the peer-reviewed literature. Fake citations, unedited prompt ...

This week, researchers reported that the human brain is capable of sophisticated language processing while in an unconscious ...

The image above demonstrates the monthly rate of fake citations per 10,000 papers in PubMed Central, January 2023 to February 2026. The fabrication rate remained stable at approximately 4 citations ...

A new study finds AI tools have driven a 42% rise in journal submissions since ChatGPT’s launch, but with declining writing quality and higher rejection rates. Publishers including Springer Nature and ...