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science26 days ago•5 min saved

Retractions, AI Slop, and the Watchful Eye of Peer Review

Retraction Watch’s Weekend Reads roundup recaps a week of publishing scrutiny: headlines about a researcher’s alleged poisoning obfuscation, plagiarism accusations, fake references, and dozens of retractions due to compromised peer review; it also highlights AI-related issues in arXiv’s new rules (endorsements for first-time posters and English submissions) and a broad set of discussions on replication, ethics, and data use. The post notes the Hijacked Journal Checker with 400+ entries, the Retraction Watch Database surpassing 63,000 retractions, COVID-era retractions over 640, and 50 mass resignations, and invites donations to support the work.

via Retraction Watch|

#academic-publishing #ai-in-research #arxiv

science1 month ago•8 min saved

AI-suspected technobabble prompts Springer Nature inquiry into prolific editor

A Turkish associate professor and editor, Eren Öğüt, faces a Springer Nature investigation after reviewers flagged multiple 2025 papers that read like technobabble, use irrelevant MATLAB code, and lack reproducible data or overlaid brain images. His unusually high volume of peer reviews (about 650 in one year) and roles as editor across journals raise concerns about editorial bias and integrity, with critics noting AI-assisted editing and a pattern of single-authored works that resemble prior templates. The investigation focuses on methodological gaps, data sharing, and potential misrepresentation of results in Neuroinformatics and related journals.

via Retraction Watch|

#academic-publishing #ai-in-research #neuroimaging

health4 months ago•4 min saved

AI Unravels 25-Year Crohn’s Disease Mystery and Identifies Protective Proteins

UC San Diego researchers used AI and molecular biology to uncover how the NOD2 gene influences macrophage behavior in Crohn's disease, revealing that mutations disrupt the balance between inflammatory and healing macrophages, which contributes to the disease's development.

via SciTechDaily|

#ai-in-research #crohns-disease #gut-inflammation

science6 months ago•4 min saved

Rise of AI-Generated Content in Scientific Research and Computer Science

A study analyzing over 1.1 million scientific papers found that the use of ChatGPT and other large language models has significantly increased in scientific writing, especially in computer science, raising questions about research quality, originality, and transparency as AI tools become more integrated into scientific communication.

via Phys.org|

#ai-in-research #chatgpt #large-language-models

science7 months ago•5 min saved

The Rise of ChatGPT: How AI Is Changing Language and Communication

A study analyzed over 15 million biomedical abstracts from 2010 to 2024 and found that the use of certain words associated with AI-generated content, like 'delves' and 'crucial,' increased significantly after the release of ChatGPT, suggesting that at least 13.5% of abstracts may have been written or edited with AI assistance, raising ethical and authenticity concerns in scientific publishing.

via The New York Times|

#ai-in-research #chatgpt #research-abstracts