A large-scale analysis of millions of cancer studies has uncovered patterns suggesting that a significant portion of the literature may not be as reliable as it appears.

The number of scientific papers flagged as fraudulent has been growing. Now a new paper sheds light on how it’s being done. Researchers found loose networks of unscrupulous editors working with ...

House Republicans warn Chinese "paper mills" may be flooding U.S. science with fake research, potentially compromising ...

In 2016, Brian Wansink wrote a blog post that prompted scientific sleuths to investigate his work. They found evidence of data manipulation, and, after several news articles and two investigations by ...

Computer science has long operated on a foundation of trust: researchers publish findings, peers verify them, and the field ...

“My Administration is committed to restoring a gold standard for science to ensure that federally funded research is transparent, rigorous, and impactful, and that Federal decisions are informed by ...

At 11.47 pm, a scientist in California compares two cancer research papers. They come from different labs and claim to study different things, but one image in each is identical. She checks it against ...

Researchers at Northwestern University said the number of junk scientific publications is growing, and bad actors are profiting. "These people are ruining it for all of us," said Northwestern ...