King Saud’s Men – For Better Science
Celebrating the ten greatest science geniuses of the King Saud University.| For Better Science
In un recente articolo pubblicato da PNAS e subito ripreso da Science si descrivono gli esiti di una ricerca che mira a tracciare i contorni della frode scientifica e che da attività individuale sembra invece essersi trasformata in un business vero e proprio.| Open Science @Unimi
"Jeszcze Polska nie zginęła, Kiedy my żyjemy. Co nam obca przemoc dała, odpłacimy fabrykom artykułów.| For Better Science
Un articolo pubblicato sul Guardian fa il punto sulla situazione della letteratura scientifica, i problemi che la affliggono e le cause che conducono alla pubblicazione di articoli poco significativi o scritti e revisionati da sistemi di AI, o pubblicati senza alcun processo di validazione. | Open Science @Unimi
Celebrating the ten greatest science geniuses of the King Saud University.| For Better Science
A comprehensive starting point for performing post-publication peer review.| Reese Richardson
“I know you cannot understand such matters, since you appear to have strong mother-related problems that most likely have denied you of a satisfactory sexual life”, _ Enrico Sciubba, Ed…| For Better Science
Many publishers are getting nervous about infiltration by paper mills, who can torpedo a journal's reputation when they succeed in publishing papers that are obvious nonsense. In a recent Open Letter, a group of sleuths drew attention to an example in Scientific Reports, published by Springer Nature. | BishopBlog
Last week this blog focussed on problems affecting Scientific Reports, a mega-journal published by Springer Nature. This week I look at a journal at the opposite end of the spectrum, the Journal of Psycholinguistic Research (JPR), a small, specialist journal which has published just 2187 papers since it was founded in 1971. This is fewer than Scientific Reports publishes in one year. It was brought to my attention by Anna Abalkina because it shows every sign of having been targeted by one or...| BishopBlog
“I woke up seeing Elsevier’s giant middle finger in front of my face.” – Mu Yang| For Better Science
An overview of general news and articles about science integrity and some cases that I have worked on. Science sleuths Neuroscientist and top NIH official under scrutiny Q-Collar under scrutiny Nobel prize winner under scrutiny Paper Mills New ORI regulations The US Office of Research Integrity updated its regulations on handling research misconduct allegations. Key … Continue reading "Science Integrity Digest, September 2024"| Science Integrity Digest
Your monthly digest of science integrity news. General Science Integrity News Sleuthing Legal threats for science critics Federal and institutional investigations Publishers taking action Games Artificial intelligence and science New Publication and Editorials Retraction Watch’s Weekend Reads:| Science Integrity Digest
A citation manipulation scheme so easy, even a cat can do it.| Reese Richardson
“your scatter gun approach has undermind a process that is undertaken confidentially […] It is sad that you are determined to undermine people’s reputations in the way you do.…| For Better Science
Collecting arguments on the stigma surrounding retraction| Reese Richardson
