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Fabricated Citations Are Reaching Medical Journals

A large audit of biomedical publications suggests fabricated references are increasingly appearing in peer-reviewed papers — often in ways that are difficult for reviewers and readers to detect.

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  • Kerri Miller

  • May 8, 2026

  • 4 min

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Fabricated Citations Are Reaching Medical Journals

  • by Kerri Miller

  • May 8, 2026

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