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Medicine · Rheumatology
This commentary from Arthritis & Rheumatology highlights the growing threat of paper mills, fabricated data, and questionable research practices that undermine the integrity of rheumatology literature. The authors describe how fraudulent studies—often generated by commercial paper mills—are increasingly infiltrating peer-reviewed journals, distorting evidence bases, and wasting clinical and academic resources. For a medical student committed to evidence-based practice, understanding these threats is critical to developing the skills necessary to critically appraise published research and avoid incorporating unreliable findings into clinical decision-making.
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