Author fraud in the form of the listing of a person as an author of a journal article or contribution in which the ‘author’ did not personally participate, or one in which a vested—financial—or other interest is served

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Some criteria are easy to verify (e.g., "the journal uses a fake ISSN"), but others require research (e.g., "insufficient resources are spent on preventing and eliminating author misconduct").

Cabells Scholarly Analytics

Author misconduct: not just the editors' responsibility.

Publish or Perish mantra in the medical field: A systematic review of the reasons, consequences and remedies

However, before members congratulate themselves, they should consider this: these same academic pressures also encourage author misconduct, which would present itself in an identical manner, with increased publications and authorships.

Undeserved authorship: too much of a good thing

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Author Misconduct