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Media industry
fromNature
3 months ago

Invasion of the 'journal snatchers': the firms that buy science publications and turn them rogue

'Journal snatchers' are transforming reputable scholarly journals into predatory publications, undermining research integrity.
fromNature
1 day ago
Science

The COVID-19 pandemic transformed this scientist into a research-integrity sleuth

Media industry
fromNature
3 months ago

Invasion of the 'journal snatchers': the firms that buy science publications and turn them rogue

'Journal snatchers' are transforming reputable scholarly journals into predatory publications, undermining research integrity.
fromNature
1 day ago
Science

The COVID-19 pandemic transformed this scientist into a research-integrity sleuth

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#academic-publishing
Data science
fromNature
5 months ago

Why retractions data could be a powerful tool for cleaning up science

Increased pressure for rapid research publishing can lead to compromised research integrity, resulting in higher retraction rates.
fromNature
3 months ago
OMG science

Journal targeted by paper mill still grappling with the aftermath years later

Data science
fromNature
5 months ago

Why retractions data could be a powerful tool for cleaning up science

Increased pressure for rapid research publishing can lead to compromised research integrity, resulting in higher retraction rates.
fromNature
3 months ago
OMG science

Journal targeted by paper mill still grappling with the aftermath years later

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#peer-review
fromFuturism
1 week ago
Artificial intelligence

Scientists Are Sneaking Passages Into Research Papers Designed to Trick AI Reviewers

fromFuturism
1 week ago
Artificial intelligence

Scientists Are Sneaking Passages Into Research Papers Designed to Trick AI Reviewers

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#language-models
fromNature
1 week ago
Public health

Low-quality papers based on public health data are flooding the scientific literature

fromNature
1 week ago
Public health

Low-quality papers based on public health data are flooding the scientific literature

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#scientific-publishing
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#artificial-intelligence
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fromNature
2 weeks ago

Daily briefing: A worst-case weather scenario drove deadly flooding in Texas

Researchers have genetically engineered natural killer (NK) cells to target and destroy cells responsible for autoimmune diseases, such as lupus and systemic sclerosis.
Science
#ai
fromFuturism
2 months ago
Artificial intelligence

MIT Disavowed a Viral Paper Claiming That AI Leads to More Scientific Discoveries

fromFuturism
2 months ago
Artificial intelligence

MIT Disavowed a Viral Paper Claiming That AI Leads to More Scientific Discoveries

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OMG science
fromNature
1 month ago

Daily briefing: The moment that mathematics education starts to fail girls

A study in France reveals that the mathematical gender gap emerges as early as the first year of school.
#public-health
Artificial intelligence
fromFuturism
1 month ago

RFK Jr's "Make America Healthy Again" Report Cites Studies That Don't Exist, in Clear Sign of AI Generated Slop

The MAHA Commission report's validity is undermined by questionable sources and possible misuse of AI.
SF politics
fromThe Nation
1 month ago

NIH Staff Have Broken Their Silence

Civil servants at the NIH boldly released the Bethesda Declaration, criticizing leadership for politicizing research and compromising public safety.
fromNature
1 month ago
Science

Daily briefing: 'A necessary evil' - Cutting off rhinos' horns to deter poachers really works

Artificial intelligence
fromFuturism
1 month ago

RFK Jr's "Make America Healthy Again" Report Cites Studies That Don't Exist, in Clear Sign of AI Generated Slop

The MAHA Commission report's validity is undermined by questionable sources and possible misuse of AI.
SF politics
fromThe Nation
1 month ago

NIH Staff Have Broken Their Silence

Civil servants at the NIH boldly released the Bethesda Declaration, criticizing leadership for politicizing research and compromising public safety.
fromNature
1 month ago
Science

Daily briefing: 'A necessary evil' - Cutting off rhinos' horns to deter poachers really works

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fromNature
1 month ago

'Integrity index' flags universities with high retraction rates

The Research Integrity Risk Index categorizes institutions based on research integrity, helping identify those prioritizing publication metrics over rigorous science.
US news
fromwww.nature.com
1 month ago

Author Correction: GluD1 is a signal transduction device disguised as an ionotropic receptor

The errors in the source data files did not affect the conclusions of the paper and produced only imperceptible adjustments in the graphs.
Science
fromThe Washington Post
1 month ago

Why Trump's push for 'gold-standard science' has researchers alarmed

The Trump administration's 'gold-standard science' initiative is seen as undermining scientific integrity by infusing politics into research.
#health-policy
US news
fromBoston.com
1 month ago

White House health report included fake citations

The report by the Make America Healthy Again Commission cited fictitious studies undermining its credibility and raising concerns about research integrity.
fromwww.mediaite.com
1 month ago
US news

RFK Jr.'s MAHA Report Is Rife With Errors' Including at Least Seven Fake Sources

The MAHA Report cited multiple non-existent studies, undermining its credibility.
US news
fromBoston.com
1 month ago

White House health report included fake citations

The report by the Make America Healthy Again Commission cited fictitious studies undermining its credibility and raising concerns about research integrity.
US news
fromwww.mediaite.com
1 month ago

RFK Jr.'s MAHA Report Is Rife With Errors' Including at Least Seven Fake Sources

The MAHA Report cited multiple non-existent studies, undermining its credibility.
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Higher education
fromBoston.com
1 month ago

Harvard revokes tenure for ethics professor accused of fraud

Harvard revokes professor Francesca Gino's tenure amid ongoing allegations of research misconduct, marking a rare institutional action.
fromNature
10 months ago
Media industry

Publishing nightmare: a researcher's quest to keep his own work from being plagiarized

Higher education
fromBoston.com
1 month ago

Harvard revokes tenure for ethics professor accused of fraud

Harvard revokes professor Francesca Gino's tenure amid ongoing allegations of research misconduct, marking a rare institutional action.
fromNature
10 months ago
Media industry

Publishing nightmare: a researcher's quest to keep his own work from being plagiarized

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Privacy professionals
fromwww.cbc.ca
2 months ago

N.J. firm made misleading websites in names of multiple Canadians and an alleged CRA scammer | CBC News

Louis Arriola's scholarly contributions are questioned, revealing a pattern of web content manipulation linked to a reputation management firm.
fromwww.nature.com
3 months ago

Author Correction: Structure of the human dopamine transporter in complex with cocaine

In the version of this article initially published, the r.m.s.d. values for the hDAT structure compared to dDAT and hSERT were corrected for accuracy, with original values being 1.8 A and 13.0 A.
fromHackernoon
3 months ago

Hallucinations by Design - (Part 3): Trusting Vectors Without Testing Them | HackerNoon

The model rated 'The results showed a significant difference (p<0.05)' and 'The results showed no significant difference (p>0.05)' at 0.94 similarity.
Artificial intelligence
fromwww.nature.com
4 months ago

Author Correction: Endocytosis in the axon initial segment maintains neuronal polarity

In the version of the article initially published, Fig. 3j and Extended Data Fig. 5a contained errors that were generated during figure assembly.
Miscellaneous
#china
UK news
fromNature
5 months ago

Exclusive: These universities have the most retracted scientific articles

China's crackdown on medical publication fraud has revealed alarming rates of misconduct among researchers, especially in hospitals.
UK news
fromNature
5 months ago

Exclusive: These universities have the most retracted scientific articles

China's crackdown on medical publication fraud has revealed alarming rates of misconduct among researchers, especially in hospitals.
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Medicine
fromNature
8 months ago

Worryingly high prevalence of retraction among top-cited researchers

The 2023 Stanford List reveals concerning levels of retractions among highly-cited researchers, highlighting issues of research integrity.
fromNature
8 months ago

Science communication will benefit from research integrity standards

"Although many scientists have taken to communicating directly with the public, others are afraid to do so, not least because social-media platforms offer few guardrails or protections against disinformation."
Science
fromStreetsblog
9 months ago

The Insider: How to Blow the Whistle on a Federal Transportation Agency - Streetsblog USA

Kwan's research revealed the potential life-saving benefits of panel aero side guards for vulnerable road users, which were ignored by the DOT’s final report.
SF politics
fromNature
11 months ago

Blow that whistle at your own risk

"There's a lot of people who fight for justice in research integrity and against the pharmaceutical industry, but very few people know what it's like to take on the hospital administrators too."
Medicine
OMG science
fromNature
11 months ago

Cash for catching scientific errors

Science needs enhanced error detection methods to improve reliability.
The ERROR project aims to systematically identify and correct research mistakes.
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