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Fraud, AI slop and huge profits: is science publishing broken? – podcast

Media | The Guardian · Presented and produced by Madeleine Finlay, with Ian Sample. Sound design by Ross Burns, the executive producer was Ellie Bury · last updated

Scientists are warning that academic publishing needs urgent reform in order to retain trust in the research system. Ian Sample tells Madeleine Finlay what has gone so wrong, and Dr Mark Hanson of the University of Exeter proposes some potential solutions

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