An international team of authors led by Ilka Agricola, professor of mathematics at the University of Marburg, Germany, has investigated fraudulent practices in the publication of research results in mathematics on behalf of the German Mathematical Society (DMV) and the International Mathematical Union (IMU), documenting systematic fraud over many years.
The results of the study were recently posted on the arXiv preprint server and in the Notices of the American Mathematical Society and have since caused a stir among mathematicians.
To solve the problem, the study also provides recommendations for the publication of research results in mathematics.