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In this riveting episode of Heliox, we dive deep into one of academia's most pressing challenges: the paper mill crisis. Discover how hundreds of thousands of fraudulent research papers infiltrate respected journals, compromise scientific integrity, and potentially affect real-world medical decisions. Our hosts unpack the sophisticated operations behind paper mills, from using AI-powered text generation to creating fake peer reviewer profiles.
Learn about groundbreaking tools like the problematic paper screener that's helping combat this crisis, and understand why seemingly obvious fakes with phrases like "bosom peril" instead of "breast cancer" sometimes slip through peer review. We explore how the pressure to "publish or perish" creates fertile ground for these operations, particularly in emerging economies where resources are limited but the pressure for international recognition is intense.
Most importantly, discover how this crisis affects everyone - from researchers wasting valuable resources on fabricated studies to patients making healthcare decisions based on compromised research. Join us as we investigate solutions and discuss how to build a more resilient scientific ecosystem.
Fake papers are contaminating the world’s scientific literature, fueling a corrupt industry and slowing legitimate lifesaving medical research
This is Heliox: Where Evidence Meets Empathy
Independent, moderated, timely, deep, gentle, clinical, global, and community conversations about things that matter. Breathe Easy, we go deep and lightly surface the big ideas.
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Four recurring narratives underlie every episode: boundary dissolution, adaptive complexity, embodied knowledge, and quantum-like uncertainty. These aren’t just philosophical musings but frameworks for understanding our modern world.
We hope you continue exploring our other podcasts, responding to the content, and checking out our related articles on the Heliox Podcast on Substack.
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In this riveting episode of Heliox, we dive deep into one of academia's most pressing challenges: the paper mill crisis. Discover how hundreds of thousands of fraudulent research papers infiltrate respected journals, compromise scientific integrity, and potentially affect real-world medical decisions. Our hosts unpack the sophisticated operations behind paper mills, from using AI-powered text generation to creating fake peer reviewer profiles.
Learn about groundbreaking tools like the problematic paper screener that's helping combat this crisis, and understand why seemingly obvious fakes with phrases like "bosom peril" instead of "breast cancer" sometimes slip through peer review. We explore how the pressure to "publish or perish" creates fertile ground for these operations, particularly in emerging economies where resources are limited but the pressure for international recognition is intense.
Most importantly, discover how this crisis affects everyone - from researchers wasting valuable resources on fabricated studies to patients making healthcare decisions based on compromised research. Join us as we investigate solutions and discuss how to build a more resilient scientific ecosystem.
Fake papers are contaminating the world’s scientific literature, fueling a corrupt industry and slowing legitimate lifesaving medical research
This is Heliox: Where Evidence Meets Empathy
Independent, moderated, timely, deep, gentle, clinical, global, and community conversations about things that matter. Breathe Easy, we go deep and lightly surface the big ideas.
Thanks for listening today!
Four recurring narratives underlie every episode: boundary dissolution, adaptive complexity, embodied knowledge, and quantum-like uncertainty. These aren’t just philosophical musings but frameworks for understanding our modern world.
We hope you continue exploring our other podcasts, responding to the content, and checking out our related articles on the Heliox Podcast on Substack.
Support the show
About SCZoomers:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1632045180447285
https://x.com/SCZoomers
https://mstdn.ca/@SCZoomers
https://bsky.app/profile/safety.bsky.app
Spoken word, short and sweet, with rhythm and a catchy beat.
http://tinyurl.com/stonefolksongs
Curated, independent, moderated, timely, deep, gentle, evidenced-based, clinical & community information regarding COVID-19. Since 2017, it has focused on Covid since Feb 2020, with Multiple Stores per day, hence a large searchable base of stories to date. More than 4000 stories on COVID-19 alone. Hundreds of stories on Climate Change.
Zoomers of the Sunshine Coast is a news organization with the advantages of deeply rooted connections within our local community, combined with a provincial, national and global following and exposure. In written form, audio, and video, we provide evidence-based and referenced stories interspersed with curated commentary, satire and humour. We reference where our stories come from and who wrote, published, and even inspired them. Using a social media platform means we have a much higher degree of interaction with our readers than conventional media and provides a significant amplification effect, positively. We expect the same courtesy of other media referencing our stories.