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Scientific literature depends on the integrity of its references. Each reference implicitly asserts that a verifiable source exists and supports the claims being made. When references point to non-existent studies, readers, reviewers, and policy makers are unable to evaluate the evidence.
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@article{Topaz2026Fabricated,
title = {Fabricated citations: an audit across 2·5 million biomedical papers},
author = {Maxim Topaz and Nir Roguin and Pallavi Gupta and Zhihong Zhang and Laura-Maria Peltonen},
journal = {The Lancet},
year = {2026},
doi = {10.1016/s0140-6736(26)00603-3},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(26)00603-3}
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