Suspicious Citation Counts Flag Possible Paper Mill Slop - Mirage News
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The likely manipulation of citation numbers by research paper mills in high-impact cancer journals has been uncovered by an international team of academic researchers.
Analysis of 33,159 cancer journal articles discerned tell-tale patterns of fake citation numbers in 4000 paper mill articles.
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