Minds may fabricate
or offer fake citations
hearts speak only truths.
#weirdmicro #fakecitations #haiku #senryu
or offer fake citations
hearts speak only truths.
#weirdmicro #fakecitations #haiku #senryu
March 23, 2026 at 8:50 AM
Minds may fabricate
or offer fake citations
hearts speak only truths.
#weirdmicro #fakecitations #haiku #senryu
or offer fake citations
hearts speak only truths.
#weirdmicro #fakecitations #haiku #senryu
Enough with the fake
Citations, say no to new
Concentration camps.
#WeirdMicro #FakeCitations #haiku #senryu #poem #writing #writingcommunity
@weirdmicro.bsky.social
Citations, say no to new
Concentration camps.
#WeirdMicro #FakeCitations #haiku #senryu #poem #writing #writingcommunity
@weirdmicro.bsky.social
March 21, 2026 at 6:53 AM
Enough with the fake
Citations, say no to new
Concentration camps.
#WeirdMicro #FakeCitations #haiku #senryu #poem #writing #writingcommunity
@weirdmicro.bsky.social
Citations, say no to new
Concentration camps.
#WeirdMicro #FakeCitations #haiku #senryu #poem #writing #writingcommunity
@weirdmicro.bsky.social
on fake citations
the world footnotes itself in
echoes of static
#WeirdMicro #WritingPrompts
#fakecitations #haiku #writing #micropoetry
the world footnotes itself in
echoes of static
#WeirdMicro #WritingPrompts
#fakecitations #haiku #writing #micropoetry
March 21, 2026 at 4:20 PM
on fake citations
the world footnotes itself in
echoes of static
#WeirdMicro #WritingPrompts
#fakecitations #haiku #writing #micropoetry
the world footnotes itself in
echoes of static
#WeirdMicro #WritingPrompts
#fakecitations #haiku #writing #micropoetry
A mishmash of prompts from yesterday and today.
#thingstowriteabout #reading
#vssdaily 3/22 #riptide
#vss365 3/22 #waver 3/23 #endorse
#weirdmicro #fakecitations
#thingstowriteabout #reading
#vssdaily 3/22 #riptide
#vss365 3/22 #waver 3/23 #endorse
#weirdmicro #fakecitations
March 24, 2026 at 12:04 AM
A mishmash of prompts from yesterday and today.
#thingstowriteabout #reading
#vssdaily 3/22 #riptide
#vss365 3/22 #waver 3/23 #endorse
#weirdmicro #fakecitations
#thingstowriteabout #reading
#vssdaily 3/22 #riptide
#vss365 3/22 #waver 3/23 #endorse
#weirdmicro #fakecitations
A masterpiece
stollen line by line
fake citations
computer generated
awards taken with glee
hidden behind a mask of lies
a phoney professor
dreaming in literature
#weirdmicro
#fakecitations
stollen line by line
fake citations
computer generated
awards taken with glee
hidden behind a mask of lies
a phoney professor
dreaming in literature
#weirdmicro
#fakecitations
March 22, 2026 at 8:43 AM
A masterpiece
stollen line by line
fake citations
computer generated
awards taken with glee
hidden behind a mask of lies
a phoney professor
dreaming in literature
#weirdmicro
#fakecitations
stollen line by line
fake citations
computer generated
awards taken with glee
hidden behind a mask of lies
a phoney professor
dreaming in literature
#weirdmicro
#fakecitations
Only way to deal with this:
1. Regularly curate your Scholar profile and delete any #FakeCitations.
2. Push for articles/works that include a false citation of yours to be retracted.
3. Editors/publishers - bar repeat offenders
4. Make this an #academic misconduct issue.
#AISlop
#EpistemicFraud
1. Regularly curate your Scholar profile and delete any #FakeCitations.
2. Push for articles/works that include a false citation of yours to be retracted.
3. Editors/publishers - bar repeat offenders
4. Make this an #academic misconduct issue.
#AISlop
#EpistemicFraud
Closing out my year with a journal editor shocker 🧵
Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...
Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...
December 20, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Only way to deal with this:
1. Regularly curate your Scholar profile and delete any #FakeCitations.
2. Push for articles/works that include a false citation of yours to be retracted.
3. Editors/publishers - bar repeat offenders
4. Make this an #academic misconduct issue.
#AISlop
#EpistemicFraud
1. Regularly curate your Scholar profile and delete any #FakeCitations.
2. Push for articles/works that include a false citation of yours to be retracted.
3. Editors/publishers - bar repeat offenders
4. Make this an #academic misconduct issue.
#AISlop
#EpistemicFraud
The wonderful #LLMAI effect on science writing: #fakecitations everywhere in conferences! #researchintegrity (from that, imagine the reliability of the content) arxiv.org/abs/2602.058...
The Case of the Mysterious Citations
Mysterious citations are routinely appearing in peer-reviewed publications throughout the scientific community. In this paper, we developed an automated pipeline and examine the proceedings of four ma...
arxiv.org
February 15, 2026 at 9:03 AM
The wonderful #LLMAI effect on science writing: #fakecitations everywhere in conferences! #researchintegrity (from that, imagine the reliability of the content) arxiv.org/abs/2602.058...
Shocking new form of #ResearchFraud : #FakeCitations are for sale for US$ 6 - #FakePapers boosting #CitationScores
@WCRIFoundation @NRIN_Integrity @C0PE @RetractionWatch @JAByrneSci @MicrobiomDigest @peerrevcongress...
@WCRIFoundation @NRIN_Integrity @C0PE @RetractionWatch @JAByrneSci @MicrobiomDigest @peerrevcongress...
December 20, 2024 at 12:56 PM
Shocking new form of #ResearchFraud : #FakeCitations are for sale for US$ 6 - #FakePapers boosting #CitationScores
@WCRIFoundation @NRIN_Integrity @C0PE @RetractionWatch @JAByrneSci @MicrobiomDigest @peerrevcongress...
@WCRIFoundation @NRIN_Integrity @C0PE @RetractionWatch @JAByrneSci @MicrobiomDigest @peerrevcongress...
💶💯Pay $500, get 100 (citations)!
What is common in the music (streaming) industry is also becoming a practice in #academia. #hindex #fakecitations
What is common in the music (streaming) industry is also becoming a practice in #academia. #hindex #fakecitations
I had never heard of this before but truly astonishing at lengths some people will go to inflate their citations and assume grow their H-index? Academia is so flawed in many ways with all the metrics used to assess our value! #AcademicSky
The citation black market: schemes selling fake references alarm scientists
The ways in which researchers can artificially inflate their reference counts are growing. The ways in which researchers can artificially inflate their reference counts are growing.
www.nature.com
August 21, 2024 at 11:43 AM
💶💯Pay $500, get 100 (citations)!
What is common in the music (streaming) industry is also becoming a practice in #academia. #hindex #fakecitations
What is common in the music (streaming) industry is also becoming a practice in #academia. #hindex #fakecitations
A recent article from the Dutch newspaper de Volkskrant examines the growing problem of #AI-generated #FakeCitations becoming an increasing concern in scholarly and medical #publishing. The piece includes insights from Cabells CCO Simon Linacre on the growing pressures facing scholarly publishing.
Study highlights AI-fueled increase in references to fake sources
Recent reporting from the respected Dutch newspaper de Volkskrant highlights a growing problem in scholarly publishing: the rise of AI-generated fake citations appearing in academic papers. According to the article, authored by Stan van Pelt, fabricated references — studies, articles, or journals that do not actually exist — have increased significantly alongside the widespread adoption of generative AI tools.
blog.cabells.com
May 13, 2026 at 7:01 PM
A recent article from the Dutch newspaper de Volkskrant examines the growing problem of #AI-generated #FakeCitations becoming an increasing concern in scholarly and medical #publishing. The piece includes insights from Cabells CCO Simon Linacre on the growing pressures facing scholarly publishing.
"…the DOJ…cited a nonexistent Sixth Circuit case to argue that an ICE detainee shouldn’t be able to challenge a stay that prevented him from posting a bond that had already been granted, thereby leaving him in detention."
www.techdirt.com/2026/07/22/d...
#ICE #DOJ #LLMs #FakeCitations
www.techdirt.com/2026/07/22/d...
#ICE #DOJ #LLMs #FakeCitations
DOJ Now Citing Fake AI-Generated Cases To Keep ICE Detainees Locked Up
You’d think that watching multiple lawyers get caught red-handed using AI to file briefs full of made-up citations would cause everyone in the legal profession — especially prosecutors — to d…
www.techdirt.com
July 22, 2026 at 7:23 PM
"…the DOJ…cited a nonexistent Sixth Circuit case to argue that an ICE detainee shouldn’t be able to challenge a stay that prevented him from posting a bond that had already been granted, thereby leaving him in detention."
www.techdirt.com/2026/07/22/d...
#ICE #DOJ #LLMs #FakeCitations
www.techdirt.com/2026/07/22/d...
#ICE #DOJ #LLMs #FakeCitations
Important to repost today regarding the paper about wrong/fakecitations and what different stakeholders "should" do.
"Sure, it can be done, but who will foot that bill?" is a question people should ask themselves more.
May 8, 2026 at 7:11 PM
Important to repost today regarding the paper about wrong/fakecitations and what different stakeholders "should" do.
Randomly quoting Ray Bradbury did not save lawyer from losing case over AI errors https://arstechni.ca... #ArtificialIntelligence #hallucinations #fakecitations #Policy #AI
February 6, 2026 at 11:02 PM
Randomly quoting Ray Bradbury did not save lawyer from losing case over AI errors https://arstechni.ca... #ArtificialIntelligence #hallucinations #fakecitations #Policy #AI
Lawyers' rampant use of LLMs for legal briefs is introducing fake citations or fake evidence that is "bogging down courts all over America".
www.404media.co/18-lawyers-c...
#law #LLM #AI #FakeCitations #FakeEvidence #lawyers
www.404media.co/18-lawyers-c...
#law #LLM #AI #FakeCitations #FakeEvidence #lawyers
18 Lawyers Caught Using AI Explain Why They Did It
Lawyers blame IT, family emergencies, their own poor judgment, their assistants, illness, and more.
www.404media.co
September 30, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Lawyers' rampant use of LLMs for legal briefs is introducing fake citations or fake evidence that is "bogging down courts all over America".
www.404media.co/18-lawyers-c...
#law #LLM #AI #FakeCitations #FakeEvidence #lawyers
www.404media.co/18-lawyers-c...
#law #LLM #AI #FakeCitations #FakeEvidence #lawyers
🚨 AI goes to school! A major education reform in Newfoundland is under scrutiny after 15 fake citations—possibly AI-generated—were found in a 418-page report! 🤖📚 What does this mean for education's future? #AIEthics #FakeCitations #EdReform LINK
September 13, 2025 at 10:18 AM
🚨 AI goes to school! A major education reform in Newfoundland is under scrutiny after 15 fake citations—possibly AI-generated—were found in a 418-page report! 🤖📚 What does this mean for education's future? #AIEthics #FakeCitations #EdReform LINK