Audit reveals suspected fabricated references across physics, chemistry, engineering and computing journals
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"Audit reveals suspected fabricated references across physics, chemistry, engineering and computing journals" is generating significant coverage in the Health category, with 5 articles from 5 distinct sources tracked by PULSE so far.
Outlets currently covering the story include Mirage News, Bioengineer.org, ThePrint and StudyFinds. PULSE measures a story's velocity from how quickly new articles appear and how many independent newsrooms join the coverage.
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Generated by PULSE's extractive engine from coverage metadata only — no AI-written claims. Updated 16d ago.
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Coverage (5)
- Fake References Plague Physics, Engineering and Computer Science Journals, Columbia Audit Finds Mirage News · 19d ago
- Fabricated References Spread Beyond Medicine, Audit of 500,000 Papers Finds Bioengineer.org · 19d ago
- Every 10,000 physics papers there are 25 fake citations, finds new study ThePrint · 19d ago
- Fake Citations In Science Papers Nearly Quadrupled Since 2023 StudyFinds · 19d ago
- Audit reveals suspected fabricated references across physics, chemistry, engineering and computing journals Phys.org · 19d ago
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