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Chinese authors are overrepresented in medical articles retracted for fake peer review or paper mill

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Sebo, P. Chinese authors are overrepresented in medical articles retracted for fake peer review or paper mill. Intern Emerg Med (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11739-024-03616-5

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