Automated Scans Catch Fabricated Studies

A developer reports that software screening of 92 published papers already surfaced five cases of likely data fabrication, prompting two corrigenda and one imminent retraction, and will now be applied to 20,000 papers. Routine, automated pre‑ and post‑publication screening could become a scalable layer of scientific fraud detection. — If automated tools can reliably flag suspect data at scale, journals, funders, and governments may need to mandate systematic screening, reshaping research oversight and trust.