Specialists call IEEE's 1,417-paper one-day retraction largest bulk retraction by a scholarly publisher
Study matches conference papers to paper-mill adverts offering authorship slots
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), one of the world's top professional societies for scientists and engineers, has retracted 1,417 conference papers in one go, a move research-integrity specialists told Nature was the largest single bulk retraction issued by any scholarly publisher. The IEEE said irregularities were identified via an external study of papers traced to social-media advertisements by paper mills, businesses that sell authorship slots.