This paper presents a forensic scientometric case study of the Pharmakon Neuroscience Research Network, a fabricated research collective that operated primarily between 2019 and 2022 while embedding itself within legitimate scholarly publishing channels.
@article{arxiv.2602.14793,
title = {Beyond Retractions: Forensic Scientometrics Techniques to Identify Research Misconduct, Citation Leakage, and Funding Anomalies},
author = {Leslie D. McIntosh and Alexandra Sinclair and Simon Linacre},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2602.14793},
year = {2026}
}