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Academic fraud scandal deepens: Ghanaian universities implicated in global journal retractions amid rising fake credentials crisis

31.07.2025 Ghana

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Sulemana Issifu - My Joy Online

Ghanaian universities face new research paper retractions in top international journals, following nearly 1,000 removals last year. The articles, initially peer-reviewed and indexed by leading global institutions, are now marked as compromised, highlighting fake credentials, ethical lapses, and peer review issues, intensifying “publish or perish” pressures and calls for stronger higher education oversight.

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Academic fraud scandal deepens: Ghanaian universities implicated in global journal retractions amid rising fake credentials crisis