# Fabricated citations: an audit across 2·5 million biomedical papers

**Type:** Papers  
**Canonical URL:** https://scholariq.org/papers/fabricated-citations-an-audit-across-2-5-million-biomedical-papers/

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Author Names | Maxim Topaz,Nir Roguin,Pallavi Gupta,Zhihong Zhang,Laura-Maria Peltonen |
| Citations | 27 |
| DOI | 10.1016/s0140-6736(26)00603-3 |
| Fields | Arts and Humanities,Decision Sciences |
| Open Access | true |
| OA Status | hybrid |
| OA URL | https://www.thelancet.com/pdfs/journals/lancet/PIIS0140-6736(26)00603-3.pdf |
| OpenAlex ID | https://openalex.org/W7160490639 |
| PMID | 42107362 |
| Type | article |
| Year | 2026 |

## Paper authors

- [Maxim Topaz](https://scholariq.org/researchers/maxim-topaz/)
- [Pallavi Gupta](https://scholariq.org/researchers/pallavi-gupta/)
- [Zhihong Zhang](https://scholariq.org/researchers/zhihong-zhang/)
- [Nir Roguin](https://scholariq.org/researchers/nir-roguin/)
- [Laura-Maria Peltonen](https://scholariq.org/researchers/laura-maria-peltonen/)

## Paper journal

- [The Lancet](https://scholariq.org/journals/the-lancet/)

## Paper primary topic

- [Academic Writing and Publishing](https://scholariq.org/topics/academic-writing-and-publishing/)

## Paper topics

- [Academic Writing and Publishing](https://scholariq.org/topics/academic-writing-and-publishing/)
- [Academic Publishing and Open Access](https://scholariq.org/topics/academic-publishing-and-open-access/)
- [scientometrics and bibliometrics research](https://scholariq.org/topics/scientometrics-and-bibliometrics-research/)

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Source: ScholarIQ — public research metadata, principally OpenAlex. See https://scholariq.org/sources/ for provenance and https://scholariq.org/methodology/ for what these figures mean.