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Hallucinated citations from AI polluting scientific literature

April 4, 2026C. Michael Gibson MD

C. Michael Gibson highlights concerns that AI-generated hallucinated references may be contaminating the scientific record at scale, implying a need for stronger citation verification workflows.

Hallucinated citations are polluting the scientific literature. What can be done?
Tens of thousands of publications from 2025 might include invalid references generated by AI, a Nature analysis suggests.
C. Michael Gibson MD
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