GoKawiilResearcher Michał Wójcik exposes AI-generated junk chapters in Springer Nature, Elsevier books
Former neuroscientist Michał Wójcik is documenting peer-reviewed academic works, including book chapters sold by major publishers like Springer Nature and Elsevier, that contain AI-generated images, fabricated references, and nonsensical content. He shares these findings publicly on LinkedIn and Bluesky, including a widely mocked Cell Press paper by a self-described 'Professor for Exorcism' claiming evidence of an afterlife.
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The findings suggest that even publishers with extensive editorial review and expensive screening tools may be failing to catch fabricated or AI-generated scholarship before it reaches library subscriptions and institutional budgets. This could indicate a broader erosion of quality control in academic publishing, where unread, low-cost book chapters may be slipping through unnoticed for years.
- Michał Wójcik publicly tracks AI-generated and fabricated academic content from major publishers.
- A Cell Press paper claiming to prove an afterlife drew attention for its absurd AI-generated graphics.
- Some fabricated book chapters may never be read by anyone, including their own authors, despite being sold via institutional subscriptions.
Source: forbetterscience.com — Hubert Wojtasek, 2026-10-13
Published there as: “A Book That Will Never Be Read”
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