Earlier this year, scientists discovered a peculiar term appearing in published papers: “vegetative electron microscopy”.

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2013: Two Papers on Word Representation, by Mikolov et al. In which word2vec—the verbal math that allows machines to understand words—was introduced. Around this time, computer science papers ...

To better understand the scope, ramifications, and potential solutions of this metastasizing assault on science, we spent six months investigating paper mills. Even when bogus papers are spotted — ...

ABSTRACT: It is common sense to assume, under the influence of modified Hooke law, that a spring-mass system should oscillate. A systematic numeric analysis proves otherwise. We have proven that the ...

Japan actually slid one place to a record low 13th in most-cited scientific papers in the latest ranking. Iran overtook Japan in the listing based on the top 10 percent of such papers most cited ...