A biologist was shocked to find his name was mentioned several times in a scientific paper, which references papers that simply don’t exist.

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    1 year ago

    Because scientific journals exist to profit off science, not bolster it. Fact checking costs money so they do the bare minimum they deem necessary to preserve their reputation.