Yikes. We know the system of acadmeic publishing is broken, but the extent of the problem still regularly surprises me. Time for genuinely transformational change.
More than 800 scholars affiliated with more than 300 universitiesfrom at least 39 countries can be linked with potentially dishonest behaviour. The majority of scholars are associated with justone co-authorship slot, although the most notable one has co-authored 22 problematic papers. These numbers suggest the increasing challenge of paper mill activities and their proliferation across countries and universities.
