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Retraction Watch
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The ecologist couldn’t find a record of the 2020 paper, purportedly published in Ambio by “Knijn et al.” She decided to check the other references. She told Retraction Watch she found at least eight that didn’t exist.

retractionwatch.comWiley investigating book chapter on biodiversity for fake referencesWhile reading a chapter from a 2024 book on restoring biodiversity in post-industrial land earlier this month, an ecologist came across a reference to a study on rewilding she wanted to look up.&nb…

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Geoff Read
@annelidsci.bsky.social

Fake references are a scourge. Still waiting for the taxonomy journal Zootaxa to take action on the first case they've let slip through. Pretty easy to spot when you've supposedly written an article in the ref list and you know you haven't.