Fabricated references are twice as common in medRxiv preprints as in peer‐reviewed articles

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14 July 2026

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Published by Wiley in Journal of Internal Medicine

Vol. 300 (3) , 379-381
DOI:10.1111/joim.70139
PMID:42444601

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