Journal editor: avalanche of AI-generated unsolicited review articles in past 6 months
zakkohane · x · 2026-10-15
A journal editor reports receiving an avalanche of unsolicited review articles (scoping, systematic, narrative, NOS) over the past 6 months, on topics no one has asked about and clearly with heavy AI lift — even the cover letters all read the same. She calls the trend "alarming and sad," highlighting AI's growing distortion of academic publishing pipelines.
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