Learning how to conduct accurate, discipline-specific academic research can feel daunting at first. But, with a solid understanding of the reasoning behind why we use academic citations coupled with ...

Anil Oza is a general assignment reporter at STAT focused on the NIH and health equity. You can reach him on Signal at aniloza.16. Citations in academic papers are intended to ground research in the ...

Fabricated references to research that does not exist are an increasing problem, an analysis of biomedical research papers showed. About one in 2,828 papers contained at least one fabricated reference ...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- A small portion of scientific papers are retracted for research that is in error or fraudulent. But those papers can continue to be cited by other ...