dc.contributor.author
Abalkina, Anna
dc.date.accessioned
2023-10-13T07:31:18Z
dc.date.available
2023-10-13T07:31:18Z
dc.identifier.uri
https://refubium.fu-berlin.de/handle/fub188/40682
dc.identifier.uri
http://dx.doi.org/10.17169/refubium-40403
dc.description.abstract
This study attempts to detect papers originating from the Russia-based paper mill ‘International Publisher’ LLC. A total of 1,063 offers to purchase co-authorship on a fraudulent papers published from 2019 to mid-2022 on the 123mi.ru website were analysed. This study identifies at least 451 papers that are potentially linked to the paper mill, including one preprint, a duplication paper and 16 republications of papers erroneously published in hijacked journals. Evidence of suspicious provenance from the paper mill is provided: matches in title, number of co-authorship slots, year of publication, country of the journal, country of a co-authors and similarities of abstracts. These problematic papers are co-authored by scholars from at least 39 countries and are submitted to both predatory and reputable journals. This study also demonstrates collaboration anomalies in questionable papers and examines indicators of the Russia-based paper mill. The value of co-authorship slots offered by ‘International Publisher’ LLC from 2019 to 2021 is estimated at $6.5 million. Since this study only analysed a single paper mill, it is likely that the number of papers with forged authorship is much higher.
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dc.format.extent
14 Seiten
dc.rights.uri
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
dc.subject
academic misconduct
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dc.subject
co-authorship for sale
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dc.subject
ghostwriting
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dc.subject
hijacked journals
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dc.subject
suspicious collaboration
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dc.subject.ddc
000 Informatik, Informationswissenschaft, allgemeine Werke::050 Zeitschriften, fortlaufende Sammelwerke::050 Zeitschriften, allgemeine fortlaufende Sammelwerke
dc.title
Publication and collaboration anomalies in academic papers originating from a paper mill: Evidence from a Russia-based paper mill
dc.type
Wissenschaftlicher Artikel
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.doi
10.1002/leap.1574
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.journaltitle
Learned Publishing
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.number
4
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.pagestart
689
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.pageend
702
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.volume
36
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.url
https://doi.org/10.1002/leap.1574
refubium.affiliation
Politik- und Sozialwissenschaften
refubium.affiliation.other
Osteuropa-Institut
refubium.funding
DEAL Wiley
refubium.note.author
Die Publikation wurde aus Open Access Publikationsgeldern der Freien Universität Berlin gefördert.
refubium.resourceType.isindependentpub
no
dcterms.accessRights.openaire
open access
dcterms.isPartOf.eissn
1741-4857