Authors and peer reviewers are failing to disclose the use of LLMs despite journal policies limiting their use.

The integrity of peer review is fundamental to scientific progress, but the rise of large language models (LLMs) has introduced concerns that some reviewers may rely on these tools to generate...

Daniel S. Evanko,1 Michael Di Natale1 Objective This study assessed the ability to reliably detect the use of generative artificial intelligence (genAI) by authors and reviewers in the field of cancer research, quantified this usage over time, and measured the impact of a change in policy on use of genAI by reviewers. Design In this Read more...

Nicholas J. DeVito,1 Christine Cunningham,1 Ben Goldacre1 Objective Continued citation of retracted articles is an ongoing issue.1 RetractoBot examines whether informing authors that they cited a retracted paper reduces future citations to those articles.2 Design This was a parallel-group, 2-group, superiority trial. We identified and randomized retracted articles in PubMed published since 2000. The study Read more...

Leslie D. McIntosh,1 Hélène Draux,1 Elizabeth Smee,1 Cynthia Hudson Vitale2 Objective To understand the broad impact of one questionable network on publishing, including the publishers, countries, and institutions involved and affected by the network’s activity. Design We examined the Pharmakon Neuroscience Research Network (PNN), a questionable entity listed in funding statements, acknowledgments, and author affiliations Read more...

Enhancing the quality and credibility of science.

Enhancing the quality and credibility of science.

Enhancing the quality and credibility of science.

A French government working group recommended a sweeping plan to publicize study data and issue guidelines for reporting results on a timely basis.

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This systematic review and meta-analysis identifies reports of systematic reviews that included retracted studies in their meta-analyses, and assesses the impact of these retracted studies on the resu...

Living guideline maintenance is underpinned by manual approaches towards evidence retrieval, limiting long term sustainability. Our study aimed to evaluate the feasibility of using only PubMed, Embase...

Critical appraisal of the quality of randomised trials is possible only if their design, conduct, analysis, and results are completely and accurately reported. Without transparent reporting of the met...

In 2022, Guillaume Cabanac noticed something unusual: a study had attracted more than 100 citations in a short span of less than two months of being published.  Cabanac, a computer scientist a…

This systematic review and meta-analysis identifies reports of systematic reviews that included retracted studies in their meta-analyses, and assesses the impact of these retracted studies on the resu...

In the original article, the supplementary file included our revisions as tracked changes arising from the peer-review process. Attached is an updated supplementary file where the tracked-changes have...