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Fabricated references in biomedical literature grow twelvefold

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The rate of fabricated references in biomedical literature has grown more than twelvefold over the past three years, with trust bottlenecking faster than the underlying science advances.

Reported metric: 12x in 3 years

Reporting date: 2026-05-26 (not necessarily the event date)

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Fabricated references in biomedical literature grow twelvefold
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Reporting date: 2026-05-26
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Claim: The rate of fabricated references in biomedical literature has grown more than twelvefold over the past three years, with trust bottlenecking faster than the underlying science advances.
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