House Republicans warn Chinese "paper mills" may be flooding U.S. science with fake research, potentially compromising taxpayer-funded programs and grants.

Keeping up with the latest research is vital for scientists, but given that millions of scientific papers are published every ...

Assistant professor Frank Cackowski, left, and researcher Steven Zielske at Wayne State University in Detroit became suspicious of a paper on cancer research that was eventually retracted. Amy Sacka, ...

Investigators sought to train and validate a machine learning model to distinguish paper mill publications from genuine articles and assess the prevalence of paper mill publications.

Assistant professor Frank Cackowski, left, and researcher Steven Zielske at Wayne State University in Detroit became suspicious of a paper on cancer research that was eventually retracted. Amy Sacka, ...

The “one big breakthrough” pattern suggests that total citation counts can mislead. A researcher with one highly-cited paper and several uncited ones may have a more impactful trajectory than one with ...

Learning how to conduct accurate, discipline-specific academic research can feel daunting at first. But, with a solid understanding of the reasoning behind why we use academic citations coupled with ...

Writing research papers is perhaps the most mundane task you’ll be assigned in school. And, if you’re given a topic you aren’t particularly interested in, writing the said research paper feels ...

Medical research plays a vital role in advancing healthcare, improving treatment, and informing public health policies. However, it can be difficult to understand a study or whether it is trustworthy.