Author: Elliott Lumb

  • Correcting the record: retracting papermill articles

    Correcting the record: retracting papermill articles

    In 2023, the scholarly literature had the highest number of retractions ever seen in a single year, driven by over 8000 retractions at Hindawi. The large set of retractions were fraudulent articles created by papermills and published after Wiley acquired Hindawi in 2021. The consequences of this have been huge for Wiley, and the industry…