An English university has issued a finding of research misconduct against a former graduate student, Sameer Quazi, and is requesting 10 retractions of his published work, which they say bears the marks of being papermilled.

According to a January 30, 2025 statement from the university: "The Panel of Investigation noted no research in the papers was completed at The University of Manchester and found a large number of instances of other types of research misconduct in relation to Mr Quazi’s sole- and co-authored papers. The Panel of Investigation was of the view that Mr Quazi was running a paper mill.  Publishers have been contacted to request retraction of ten papers."

Quazi has had at least two papers retracted, both published and pulled in 2023 from Frontiers journals. Quazi objected to the retraction.

Source https://retractionwatch.com/2025/01/30/former-student-was-running-a-paper-mill-says-university-of-manchester/

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