#researchethics — Public Fediverse posts

The continuing "Q collar" scandal

https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2026/08/13/we-should-probably-be-doing-more-coverage-of-science-adjacent-medical-scams-like-the-q-collar-and-less-on-repulsively-self-promoting-but-ultimately-less-harmful-academic-grifters/

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49296495

#HackerNews #Qcollar #Scandal #ScienceFraud #MedicalScams #AcademicIntegrity #ResearchEthics

Why did this journal retract two 1940s papers by Max Planck?

https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/06/why-did-this-journal-retract-two-1940s-papers-by-max-planck/

#HackerNews #MaxPlanck #ScienceHistory #JournalRetract #ResearchEthics #AcademicIntegrity

Why have papers by one of history's most famous physicists been retracted?

https://www.science.org/content/article/why-have-papers-one-history-s-most-famous-physicists-been-retracted

#HackerNews #famousphysicists #paperretraction #sciencehistory #academicintegrity #researchethics

Uncovering academic fraud through #OpenScience! 🕵️‍♀️ In my presentation at the Summer School ‘Open Science in Education and Research: EU Best Practices’, I dive into how transparency & collaboration are key to exposing modern scientific scandals.

👉 http://dx.doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.20986.50880

#AcademicFraud #ResearchEthics #ResearchIntegrity #Transparency #Reproducibility

New #AcademicYear - New #introduction

I am interested in health-related quality of life
#HRQL #Psychometrics

I teach #ResearchMethods modules in the #DundeeUni #ProfDoc
#Interdisciplinary #RD62001 #RD62002

I convene our School's #ResearchEthics committee

My terms as academic editor of 'Quality of Life Research' come to an end, and I am mulling over roles and sense in #AcademicPublishing
#NightshiftEditor

There may be some occasional #Deutsch #Svenska #Gaidhlig and local stuff in my feed.