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"Have you ever heard of the Joined Together States? Or bosom peril? Kidney
disappointment? Fake neural organizations? Lactose bigotry? These nonsensical,
and sometimes amusing, word sequences are among thousands of “tortured phrases”
that sleuths have found littered throughout reputable scientific journals.
They typically result from using paraphrasing tools to evade
plagiarism-detection software when stealing someone else’s text. The phrases
above are real examples of bungled synonyms for the United States, breast
cancer, kidney failure, artificial neural networks, and lactose intolerance,
respectively.
We are a pair of computer scientists at Université de Toulouse and Université
Grenoble Alpes, both in France, who specialize in detecting bogus publications.
One of us, Guillaume Cabanac, has built an automated tool that combs through
130 million scientific publications every week and flags those containing
tortured phrases.
The Problematic Paper Screener also includes eight other detectors, each of
which looks for a specific type of problematic content.
Several publishers use our paper screener, which has been instrumental in more
than 1,000 retractions. Some have integrated the technology into the editorial
workflow to spot suspect papers upfront. Analytics companies have used the
screener for things like picking out suspect authors from lists of highly cited
researchers. It was named one of 10 key developments in science by the journal
Nature in 2021."
Via Kenny Chaffin.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
