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Purportedly AI-Generated Papers Are Alleged to Have Manipulated Scopus Rankings in Top Philosophy Journals
- Occurred
- Jun 12, 2024
- Published
- Jun 12, 2024
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
Three reportedly fake journals published by Addleton Academic Publishers allegedly manipulated Scopus rankings by extensively cross-citing each other and using AI-generated papers filled with buzzwords. These journals, placed in the top 10 of Scopus's 2023 CiteScore philosophy list, reportedly featured fake authors, affiliations, and grant numbers, in turn allegedly pushing legitimate journals to lower tiers, affecting academic evaluations and awards.
Developers
- Fake publications
- Auricle Global Society of Education and Research
- Addleton Academic Publishers
Deployers
- Fake publications
- Auricle Global Society of Education and Research
- Addleton Academic Publishers
Harmed parties
- University job candidates
- University hiring committees
- University faculty
- Scopus
- Academic journals
Classification
Category confidence: 85%
Severity confidence: 80%
Rationale: AI-generated papers used to manipulate academic rankings, representing a misuse of language model technology.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8