Surge in fake citations uncovered by audit of 2.5 million biomedical science papers - Nature

Surge in fake citations uncovered by audit of 2.5 million biomedical science papers  NatureThousands Of Medical Papers Found Citing Studies That Never Existed: Report  NDTVOne in 277 PubMed-indexed papers in 2026 shows fabricated references, says analysis  Retraction Watch1 in every 277 biomedical papers worldwide has a fake citation, says study in ‘The Lancet’  ThePrintFraudulent citations, blamed on AI hallucinations, are becoming more common in research papers  statnews.com