GPT-fabricated scientific papers on Google Scholar: Key features, spread, and implications for preempting evidence manipulation

September 3, 2024 article in Misinformation Review.

Academic journals, archives, and repositories are seeing an increasing number of questionable research papers clearly produced using generative AI, and mimic scientific writing. Google Scholar easily locates and lists these questionable papers alongside reputable, quality-controlled research.

“The resulting enhanced potential for malicious manipulation of society’s evidence base, particularly in politically divisive domains, is a growing concern.”

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