# Fake It Until You Break It: The pay-to-publish paper mills exploiting the over metrification of Science

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Podcast: [Cybercrimeology](https://stenobird.com/podcast/cybercrimeology-850766)
Published: 2025-05-01T04:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

When fake science can be bought, what happens to the value of real research? Dr. Sarah Eaton from the University of Calgary and Dr. Sabina Alam from Taylor & Francis discuss the collaborative efforts of United2Act.org to combat the global threat of scientific paper mills. We explore what these organizations are, how they operate, and what can be done to push back against fraudulent publishing in the digital age.

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