"Your doctor could be making decisions around treatment based on studies that never existed," one expert said.

The papers were published between January 1, 2023, and February 18, 2026, in PubMed Central's Open Access database, managed by the US' National Institutes of Health. The findings, published in a ...

The citations at the end of a research paper should represent a solid foundation of existing knowledge about a particular field, a pool of peer-reviewed sources built over years of research and study.

WASHINGTON (dpa-AFX) - A new review published in The Lancet found that thousands of references used in biomedical research papers may be fake. 'When those fake references are making it into the ...

The image above demonstrates the monthly rate of fake citations per 10,000 papers in PubMed Central, January 2023 to February 2026. The fabrication rate remained stable at approximately 4 citations ...

Researchers warn that fake AI-generated citations spread across scientific papers in 2025, raising concerns about academic integrity and AI training data.

A new study has revealed a sharp rise in AI-generated fake references in academic research, raising concerns over the growing ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots generated "average-quality" ophthalmic scientific abstracts but produced an "alarming" rate of fake references, a study of two chatbot programs showed. About 30% ...

South Africa has delayed its national artificial intelligence policy to January 2027 after withdrawing an earlier draft that included fabricated academic references.The delay has raised questions ...

People today are obsessed with shortcuts — and it’s getting strange. In science, some people are using AI tools to fake research. Since ChatGPT became popular, fake AI-made references and citations in ...