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Nobel Prize winner in chemistry Frances Arnold in her laboratory

When scientists press the red button

Every year, scientific articles are retracted from journals due to errors, irreproducible findings, forgeries, or conflicts of interest. How science's correction mechanisms work, and why retracting an article is not necessarily evidence of failure
Fake news has also reached scientific journals. Illustration: depositphotos.com

New study warns: Fake science is growing faster than legitimate research

Northwestern researchers have uncovered international networks of “article mills,” brokers, and hijacked journals—producing organized scientific fraud on an industrial scale.