Protection of the human gene research literature from contract cheating organizations known as research paper mills
Author: Byrne, Jennifer A.; Park, Yasunori; Richardson, Reese A. K.; Pathmendra, Pranujan; Sun, Mengyi; Stoeger, Thomas Description: Human gene research generates new biology insights with translational potential, yet few studies have considered the health of the human gene literature. The accessibility of human genes for targeted research, combined with unreasonable publication pressures and recent developments in scholarly publishing, may have created a market for low-quality or fraudulent human gene research articles, including articles produced by contract cheating organizations known as paper mills. This review summarises the evidence that paper mills…
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