BtBs seminar - Image Integrity in the Digital Age: The Threat of Paper Mills

Duncan Wright, Managing Editor of FEBS Letters.

“Paper mills” are organisations that produce and sell fraudulent research articles for profit. The scale of the problem is a significant cause for alarm, with one recent study suggesting that a staggering 3% of articles in the fields of biology and medicine published in 2022 originated from paper mills. Furthermore, over 10,000 articles were retracted in 2023. In this seminar, I will discuss paper mills and some of the techniques they use to create fraudulent papers, including the use of image manipulation to generate plausible figures. I will also explore how developments in AI are creating new opportunities for paper mills (and new challenges for the research community).

Host: Metello

The seminar is OPEN to all.

ONLINE REGISTRATION for the seminar is a mandatory requirement for those who wish to request the CERTIFICATE OF ATTENDANCE, which, together with the signature on the ATTENDANCE SHEET, will confirm actual participation.

The seminar's online registration will be available a few days before the event.

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