Hundreds of Paper-Mill Papers Linked to IEEE Conferences

Science News · first seen 12.08.2026

Investigations reveal that over one-fifth of papers at certain IEEE conferences are linked to commercial authorship-for-sale schemes.

More than 20 percent of papers in some IEEE conferences appear connected to paper mills.

Sources

Science News — Hundreds of paper-mill papers peddled in ads were later published

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