Much of this is the work of paper mills, which submit fraudulent papers to journals for a fee. Scientific fraud and fake science reduce ... fictitious tables and figures," said The Guardian.

So when it comes to communicating our research to people outside our fields, we find it challenging to explain things to an audience with limited scientific knowledge. For this reason, our approach to ...

Despite a government goal of becoming a global leader in science and technology, Japan actually slid one place to a record low 13th in most-cited scientific papers in the latest ranking.