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Librarian finds ‘preposterous number’ of fake references in paper from Springer Nature journal
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this post was submitted on 09 Mar 2026
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About that, it's kinda complicated
Not especially. I’ve worked in the field and unless you get more well-known authors with egos who don’t care to follow the requirements — and there certainly are — you grab a current style manual while working and do some due diligence. Ignorance and fame are not an excuse.