Surge in fake citations uncovered by audit of 2.5 million biomedical science papers

AI justification

Systemic integrity failure in biomedical research undermines SDG 3 and public trust. | The audit exposes a significant integrity crisis in biomedical science, threatening the foundational trust in research that underpins public health decisions. While the audit itself is a positive step toward transparency, the underlying surge in fabricated citations represents a severe ethical failure with direct implications for SDG 3 (Good Health). The net judgment is negative due to the magnitude of harm an