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IEEE retracts record 1,417 papers linked to paper mills in single day

Nature reports 1,622 of 2,062 flagged papers now retracted; 3,000 IEEE retractions in 2026

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Nature's news team cross-checked Abalkina's dataset against the Problematic Paper Screener database and found that 1,622 of the 2,062 papers the study had flagged have now been retracted. Overall, IEEE has retracted nearly 3,000 papers in 2026.

Nature reports 1,622 of 2,062 flagged papers now retracted; 3,000 IEEE retractions in 2026
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“It is unbelievable. They're so fast.”

Anna Abalkina

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Scholarly publisherAnna Abalkina Research-integrity researcher, Free University of BerlinGuillaume Cabanac Computer scientist, University of Toulouse

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Reported in the same hours no headline names this development itself — these 3 claims were published in its stretch

  1. 1 outlet IEEE retracts 1,417 conference papers in one day over author-selling scandal

    first by DongA Science, 8d ago

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  2. 2 outlets Record-breaking retraction: scholarly publisher pulls 1,400 conference papers on one day

    first by Nature, 8d ago · also Nature News

  3. 1 outlet IEEE retracts approximately 1,400 papers following integrity review

    first by Research Information, 8d ago

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