A groundbreaking study in PNAS reveals that systematic research fraud, fueled by paper mills and predatory publishers, is growing at more than twice the rate of corrective actions like retractions and PubPeer flags. With only 28.7% of suspected fraudulent papers ever retracted, the findings expose a critical threat to scientific integrity that demands urgent, global collaboration. The research underscores the need for advanced detection tools and a fundamental shift in research incentives to stem the tide.