Librarian finds ‘preposterous number’ of fake references in paper from Springer Nature journal

As a hospital librarian, Jessica Waite is typically successful at tracking down elusive articles for clinicians at Royal Hallamshire Hospital in England. So when a colleague couldn’t locate two references in a paper and asked for help, the librarian grew suspicious. “These were recent references, which usually we have no problem finding,” Waite told us. … Continue reading Librarian finds ‘preposterous number’ of fake references in paper from Springer Nature journal