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A growing number of retractions and high-profile exposures have focused attention on the many faces of scientific fraud and on the limits of peer review to catch them before publication. Understanding common fraud types, why some slip…

A recent large-scale analysis found that only about 3.9% of Web of Science–indexed publications (2010–2019) were cited at least once in policy documents, underscoring how selective the pathway from research to public policy is. This…

Generative AI is now embedded in scholarly workflows: Turnitin reported that its detector reviewed more than 200 million student papers and found that 11% contained AI-generated language in at least 20% of the text, with 3% of…

A growing number of high-profile corrections and mass retractions has put peer review squarely in the spotlight: when the gatekeeping system fails, the consequences extend beyond a single retraction to public trust in science, policy,…

Researchers increasingly rely on digital searches and large bibliographic databases to build literature reviews, yet determining which sources are reliable remains a central challenge for robust scholarship. A classroom and laboratory…

In 2024, a real-world study found that AI-generated exam answers went undetected in 94% of cases and often attained higher marks than student submissions, prompting urgent debate about assessment design and academic integrity. This…

A rapidly changing literature and strong pressures for career advancement mean that peer review speed increasingly shapes researchers’ submission choices. During the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic, many journals shortened…

Generative AI has moved rapidly from a novelty to a routine tool in many scholarly workflows. Evidence from early adopters indicates substantial uptake: an empirical analysis of publications during late 2022 early 2023 found that…

A growing share of researchers use external help to prepare manuscripts: in one recent survey of clinical researchers, about half reported always using professional language-editing services and another quarter used them sometimes - a…

Average reference counts in academic articles have risen substantially: across many disciplines, the number of references per research article grew from about 29 in 2003 to roughly 45 in 2019. This trend matters because citation…