{
  "id": 14126747,
  "title": "A company named Springer that isn’t the publisher is offering authorship for sale",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/12/a-company-named-springer-that-isnt-the-publisher-is-offering",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-12T19:03:53.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Retraction Watch",
    "slug": "retraction-watch",
    "url": "https://retractionwatch.com/2026/10/12/springer-journals-online-authorship-for-sale/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Computer scientist Richard Fateman got an email in August that was completely “out of the blue”: an offer of coauthorship in articles headed for publication in prestigious journals, in exchange for a fraction of the publication costs. Fateman, professor emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley, retired 18 years ago, so he was alarmed by … Continue reading A company named Springer that…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}