AI Tool Flags 1,000 Suspicious Scientific Journals to Protect Research Integrity

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Researchers used an AI tool to screen around 15,000 open-access journals and flagged over 1,000 as potentially problematic due to dubious practices, highlighting the rise of questionable journals and the potential for AI to assist in quality control, though human review remains essential.
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