paper mill en · NOUN
Etymology
paper + mill
Meanings
- A factory devoted to making paper from wood pulp and other ingredients.
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An organization that unethically sells pre-written papers to students.
Similarly, buying papers from paper mills, or paying for someone else to write a paper, is obviously dishonest and is a clear example of plagiarizing.
2010, Rosemarie Menager, Lyn Paulos, Quick Coach Guide to Avoiding Plagiarism, →ISBN, page 13:
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An organization that produces large volumes of poor-quality or forged research papers.
Advances in artificial intelligence (AI) are complicating publishers’ efforts to tackle the growing problem of paper mills — companies that produce fake scientific papers to order.
2023 May 31, Layal Liverpool, “AI intensifies fight against ‘paper mills’ that churn out fake research”, in Nature, →DOI:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| papermill | alternative | lexicographic | |
| paper mills | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
diploma mill · degree mill · diploma mill · accreditation mill · content mill · ordination mill
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Translations (25)
ja 製紙工場 (factory) · da papirværk (factory) · es papelera (factory) · pt papeleira (factory) · cs papírna (factory) · hu papírmalom (factory) · de Papierfabrik (factory) · gl papeleira (factory) · ga muileann páipéir (factory) · pl papiernia (factory) · ca paperera (factory) · nn papirfabrikk (factory) · es fábrica de celulosa (factory) · da papirmølle (factory) · gd muileann-pàipeir (factory) · it cartiera (factory) · fi paperitehdas (factory) · sv pappersbruk (factory) · eo paperfarejo (factory) · eo papermuelejo (factory) · es fábrica de papel (factory) · da papirfabrik (factory) · fr papeterie (factory) · nb papirfabrikk (factory) · ota كاغدخانه (factory)