The existence of paper mills is well-known. What's the remedy, however? If bad behavior is allowed to exist then that means it's not particularly considered har

The existence of paper mills is well-known. What's the remedy, however? If bad behavior is allowed to exist then that means it's not particularly considered harmful, or there is vested interest in allowing its existence. Enough people care about this to not let this go on unabated, so it's not a matter of time or resources. What seems more likely is that corporate interests (and perhaps lobbying?) keep this sort of behavior alive. An immediate remedy that comes to mind is that each research institution at a certain level (R1s at least) should be made responsible for establishing an internal body of scientists whose job is nothing but replication. Moreover, establish a replication index for each scientist instead of a citiation index.