A Swedish researcher invented a skin disease, gave it a clinical-sounding name, and uploaded fake papers about it to preprint ...

Fake scientific studies are no longer a fringe nuisance. They are being produced and sold at such scale that, according to new research, fabricated work is now spreading through the literature faster ...

Made-up identities assigned to fake e-mail addresses. Real identities stolen for fraudulent reviews. Study authors who write glowing reviews of their own research, then pass them off as an independent ...