JME retraction notice is here: https://jme.bmj.com/content/early/2026/07/07/jme-2025-111085ret. And here is the Bioethics article that exposed the fraud: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/bioe.70099. Johann Go, who flagged this for me, observes that, “The author submitted using a French Yahoo email address, and claimed to be affiliated with the French anti-doping agency (though apparently no evidence could be found on their website about this author).” Professor Go also calls to my attention a comment by the Bioethics editor: “Academic Integrity is coming increasingly under attack from academics using AI tools as a short-cut to publications.”

Journals need to adopt a collective response to this fraud, perhaps along the lines of: anyone caught submitting work with fraudulent AI-generated citations will be blacklisted from publishing in any of the journals who adopt this policy for five years. Only a draconian deterrent is going to suffice for this disgraceful misconduct.