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Paper mill or paper mine? A tentative answer to the sharp increase in research papers based on the Global Burden of Disease database

2026-04-07

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<p>A number of recent studies have raised concerns arising from the exploitation ("mining") of public health databases for low-quality, mass-produced research papers. However, it remains challenging to disambiguate whether such papers originate from paper mills (commercial entities that sell authorships on mass-produced papers) or from the uncoordinated action of individuals facilitated by emerging technologies su...

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7318a779-0243-5389-b8db-c4a73cd4fd68
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10.31222/osf.io/8f7zu_v1
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