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Tortured Phrases Detector

Papers matching 5+ tortured phrases or 1+ obvious tortured phrases (e.g., sign to clamor).

📄 Cabanac, G., Labbé, C., & Magazinov, A. (2022). “Bosom peril” is not “breast cancer”: How weird computer-generated phrases help researchers find scientific publishing fraud.
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. Online

📄 Cabanac, G., Labbé, C., & Magazinov, A. (2021). Tortured phrases: A dubious writing style emerging in science. Evidence of critical issues affecting established journals.
arXiv preprint. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2107.06751 (supplementary materials)
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Venue	Publisher	Number of articlesDescending	Share of total (%)
AIP Conference Proceedings	AIP Publishing	703	3.44
Materials Today Proceedings	Elsevier	583	2.85
Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems	Springer Nature	521	2.55
Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering	Springer Nature	416	2.03
Microprocessors and Microsystems	Elsevier	371	1.81
2024 15th International Conference on Computing Communication and Networking Technologies (ICCCNT)	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)	358	1.75
Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing	Springer Nature	327	1.60
SSRN Electronic Journal	Elsevier	262	1.28
2024 International Conference on Optimization Computing and Wireless Communication (ICOCWC)	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)	259	1.27
Journal of Physics Conference Series	IOP Publishing	203	0.99
Lecture Notes on Data Engineering and Communications Technologies	Springer Nature	192	0.94
Communications in Computer and Information Science	Springer Nature	162	0.79
Research Square	Research Square Platform	153	0.75
IOP Conference Series Materials Science and Engineering	IOP Publishing	148	0.72
2023 3rd International Conference on Smart Generation Computing, Communication and Networking (SMART GENCON)	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)	131	0.64
Multimedia Tools and Applications	Springer Nature	130	0.64
Benha Journal of Applied Sciences	Egyptian Knowledge Bank	126	0.62
Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies	Springer Nature	126	0.62
International Journal of Engineering & Technology	Science Publishing	124	0.61
Wireless Personal Communications	Springer Nature	123	0.60

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