Research paper mill

"Academic paper mill" redirects here; not to be confused with Essay mill.

In research, a paper mill is a business that publishes poor quality or completely fraudulent journal papers that seem to resemble genuine research, as well as sells authorship on such papers.

Paper mills are an example of academic dishonesty that affects all fields of academic publishing including academic writing, scientific writing and medical writing, and represents a failure of research ethics and research integrity.

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