IEEE retracts 1,417 conference papers in one day, largest single bulk retraction ever
CSProfKGD · x · 2026-11-02
- IEEE announced on Oct 28 the retraction of 1,417 conference papers — the largest single bulk retraction by any scholarly publisher.
- The move follows a study (preprinted in April, now in Accountability in Research) linking the papers to paper mills that sell authorship slots via social-media ads, often for low-quality or fake research.
- Nature's news team verified the retractions were executed on Oct 23.
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