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Friday, May 28, 2021

Gibberish papers still lurk in the scientific literature [Nature, May 2021]

Title:
Gibberish papers still lurk in the scientific literature
 
Author:
Richard Van Noorden
 
Published:
Nature, 27 May 2021
 
From the article:
Nonsensical research papers generated by a computer program are still popping up in the scientific literature many years after the problem was first seen, a study has revealed1. Some publishers have told Nature they will take down the papers, which could result in more than 200 retractions.
 
1.  Cabanac, G. & Labbé, C. J. (25 May 2021). Prevalence of nonsensical algorithmically generated papers in the scientific literature. Assoc. Inf. Sci. Technol.