September 17, 2025Open Access

The crisis in scientific publishing: from AI fraud to epistemic justice

Key Points

AI-generated papers bypassed peer review, leading to a significant crisis in scientific integrity.
Hundreds of papers were retracted in early 2024, showcasing the dangers of technology in academia.
Increased vigilance is needed to combat AI fraud, emphasizing the importance of trust and fairness in publishing.
The crisis raises broader questions about epistemic justice in the evaluation of scientific work.

Abstract

There is a crisis in scientific publishing. Science is haunted. In early 2024, one major publisher retracted hundreds of scientific papers. Most were not the work of hurried researchers, but of ghosts—digital phantoms generated by artificial intelligence. Featuring nonsensical diagrams and fabricated data, they had sailed through the gates of peer review. This spectre of AI-driven fraud is not only a new technological threat.

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Reda Sadki (Sun,) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68d4604031b076d99fa5f358 https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.59350/532vk-hq503

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