How much for a fake authorship? Ad database reveals secrets of scientific fraud

The cost of authorship slots on studies produced by papermills ranges from less than $100 to more than $5000, an analysis found. Credit: Ievgen Chabanov/Alamy Researchers have amassed a data set of thousands of advertisements selling research-paper authorships online, shedding light on the global marketplace for academic fraud. The collection — the largest of its…

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