Fabricated citations at scale: from detection to prevention – Authors' reply

Maxim Topaz, Nir Roguin, Pallavi Gupta, Zhihong Zhang, Laura-Maria Peltonen

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DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(26)01589-8
Published: 2026-09
Container: The Lancet
Publisher: Elsevier BV
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@article{allodium:10.1016/s0140-6736-26-01589-8,
  title = {Fabricated citations at scale: from detection to prevention – Authors' reply},
  author = {Maxim Topaz and Nir Roguin and Pallavi Gupta and Zhihong Zhang and Laura-Maria Peltonen},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {The Lancet},
  doi = {10.1016/s0140-6736(26)01589-8},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(26)01589-8}
}

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TI  - Fabricated citations at scale: from detection to prevention – Authors' reply
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AU  - Zhihong Zhang
AU  - Laura-Maria Peltonen
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JO  - The Lancet
DO  - 10.1016/s0140-6736(26)01589-8
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Topaz, M., Roguin, N., Gupta, P., Zhang, Z., & Peltonen, L. (2026). Fabricated citations at scale: from detection to prevention – Authors' reply. The Lancet. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(26)01589-8

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