Content overview: “Fabricated References Spread Beyond Medicine: Audit Flags Physics, Chemistry, Engineering ”. A new audit led by Columbia University School of Nursing has uncovered suspected fabricated references in scientific journals across physics, chemistry, engineering and computing. The findings, which follow a Lancet-published study earlier this year that identified thousands of fake citations in med The findings, which follow a Lancet-published study earlier this year that identified thousands of fake citations in medical papers, suggest the problem is far more widespread than previously thought.
The research team, which includes experts in bibliometrics and scientific integrity, analyzed reference lists from a broad range of journals and found patterns consistent with citation manipulation. Key details, such as the exact number of affected papers and journals, were not fully disclosed in the source, but the team confirmed the issue spans multiple disciplines. This listing links straight to the original page, where the content is available in full.