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A 2021 paper in Materials Science and Engineering on detecting brain tumors retracted as part of the efforts used the term “cerebral torment” in place of headache. Another from the same year published in Journal of Physics used “armada the board” in place of fleet management.
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‘Cerebral torment’: IOP retracts nearly 100 conference papers for tortured phrases
IOP Publishing has retracted nearly 100 papers from three of its conference proceedings after the articles were flagged for containing tortured phrases. Tortured phrases are rephrasings and s…