Fake data, paper mills, and their authors: The International Journal of Cancer reacts to this threat to scientific integrity.

Heck S, Bianchini F, Souren NY, Wilhelm C, Ohl Y, Plass C

DOI: 10.1002/ijc.33604
Published: 2021 Aug 1
Container: International journal of cancer
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@article{allodium:10.1002/ijc.33604,
  title = {Fake data, paper mills, and their authors: The International Journal of Cancer reacts to this threat to scientific integrity.},
  author = {Heck S and Bianchini F and Souren NY and Wilhelm C and Ohl Y and Plass C},
  year = {2021},
  journal = {International journal of cancer},
  doi = {10.1002/ijc.33604},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1002/ijc.33604}
}

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TY  - JOUR
TI  - Fake data, paper mills, and their authors: The International Journal of Cancer reacts to this threat to scientific integrity.
AU  - Heck S
AU  - Bianchini F
AU  - Souren NY
AU  - Wilhelm C
AU  - Ohl Y
AU  - Plass C
PY  - 2021
JO  - International journal of cancer
DO  - 10.1002/ijc.33604
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1002/ijc.33604
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APA

S, H., F, B., NY, S., C, W., Y, O., & C, P. (2021). Fake data, paper mills, and their authors: The International Journal of Cancer reacts to this threat to scientific integrity.. International journal of cancer. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijc.33604

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