Article Scientific fraud: analysis of a growing phenomenon

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https://www.polytechnique-insights.com/e...phenomenon

KEY POINTS:

• A fraudulent article is a deliberately erroneous scientific publication that contains one or more breaches of scientific integrity.
  
• Currently, analysis tools are far from covering all cases of fraud, as these are very diverse in nature and each requires specific detectors.
  
• The tools used to conceal falsifications leave specific signatures, such as groups of words with specific frequencies.
  
• These breaches of trust are not always carried out by isolated individuals but may be linked to cooperation within networks of publishers and authors.
  
• One solution to tackling scientific fraud would be to strengthen the evaluation system through more preventive measures, or even to rethink its current indicators. (MORE - details)