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Sting Report | Research Integrity

A parody biomedical manuscript with film lore and broken citations still reached acceptance.

Published November 2017 | DOI: Source report: Discover Magazine (2017)

Large-Scale Sting | Research Integrity

A flawed fake paper was submitted widely to test open-access review quality.

Published October 4, 2013 | DOI: 10.1126/science.342.6154.60

Field Experiment | Editorial Governance

A fabricated and unqualified scholar profile received editorial invitations.

Published March 22, 2017 | DOI: 10.1038/543481a

Prospective Cohort Study | Science Communication

A BMJ Christmas study quantifying predatory invitation spam and unsubscribe outcomes.

Published 2016 | DOI: 10.1136/bmj.i5383

Sting Report | Research Integrity

A fabricated biomedical manuscript reportedly accepted by multiple low-quality journals.

Published 2015 | DOI: Reported in Fast Company (2015)

Retraction Case | Research Integrity

A deliberately absurd pandemic-era submission accepted then quickly retracted.

Published 2020 | DOI: Retraction Watch case analysis (2020)

Conference Study | Research Integrity

A GPT-4 era stress test of suspected predatory journals using generated manuscripts.

Published 2024 | DOI: Conference proceedings (2024)