Study reveals fraudulent paper mill activity across 4,000 cancer articles

An analysis of 33,159 cancer journal articles flagged 4,085 papers potentially associated with fraudulent research paper mills.

Flagged papers received 50 to 100 percent more citations than other articles within three years despite having fewer readers and online accesses.

Suspect papers clustered in specific journals including the Journal of Experimental and Clinical Cancer Research and Molecular Cancer.