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.

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

Anil Oza is a general assignment reporter at STAT focused on the NIH and health equity. You can reach him on Signal at aniloza.16. Citations in academic papers are intended to ground research in the ...

"So this means you expect every author to check every citation and make sure that every citation is real and accurate?" The post Academics in Meltdown Now That They’re Responsible for AI ...

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

My new research suggests there is a stubborn pattern in academic publishing. My co-author and I examined some 8,000 articles published in the world’s most reputable economics journals to study ...