#researchmisconduct — Public Fediverse posts

❗Update on Plagiarism and Falsification in Scientific Publications

Today, I officially submitted requests for the retraction of articles to the editorial boards of the journals "Land Reclamation and Water Management" and "Bulletin of NUWM".

❗Key facts of misconduct:
🔹 Plagiarism: Unauthorized use of my original relief map (2015) without citation.
🔹 Falsification: Intentional removal (retouching) of the author’s stamp with coordinates and date-time on site photographs.
🔹 Duplication: Publication of identical material in 2021 and 2024.

Next steps:
In the event of attempts to covertly remove the articles without an official retraction notice, relevant complaints will be forwarded directly to @crossref and the international members of the editorial boards.

#OpenScience #ResearchMisconduct #AcademicMastodon #ScientificIntegrity #Hydrology #Geoscience #GIS #FediScience #Plagiarism #SvystunovaGully #COPE #Crossref

https://retractionwatch.com/2025/11/21/springer-nature-flags-paper-with-fabricated-reference-to-article-not-written-by-our-cofounder/

This is very meta... essentially someone who is in the business of writing fake papers has written a fake paper criticizing Pubpeer and post publication peer review as being vulnerable to “misuse” and “hyper-skepticism.

#RetractionWatch #AcademicIntegrity #ResearchMisconduct #ScholarlyPublishing #PostPublicationReview #PubPeer #FakeScience #MetaScience #PeerReview #ScienceFraud

"Blood-mind boundary"? Science gone wrong! 🚨 Our new #preprint uncovers 13 bizarre "tortured phrases" replacing blood-brain barrier (BBB) in 140+ papers.

📄 https://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5131445

Auto-paraphrasing & poor review processes are polluting research! 🗑️

#AcademicIntegrity #TorturedPhrases #ScienceEthics #ResearchMisconduct

"So is there anything that can be done to challenge wrongdoing without crashing out over the cliff? A major point made by Elliott is that whistleblowers should not go it alone: that way madness lies." - @deevybee

Dorothy Bishop reviews Carl Elliott's book, The Occasional Human Sacrifice: Medical Experimentation and the Price of Saying No.

https://deevybee.blogspot.com/2024/07/whistleblowing-research-misconduct-and.html

#Whistleblowing #ResearchMisconduct #ScientificMisconduct #ResearchEthics #CarlElliott #DorothyBishop

Report: Superconductivity researcher found to have committed misconduct - Enlarge / Rush Rhees Library at the University of Rochester. (credit: K... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=2011983 #researchmisconduct #superconductivity #researchfraud #science #physics #nature

Beyond Bad Apples "investigates the root causes of research misconduct, develops robust methodologies for impactful training and creates and enhances training materials. ... No matter if you're a seasoned scientist, a student or someone who simply cares for good science – we are hosting a public consultation ... participate by completing the survey until 28th February 2024."

Survey https://latvia.questionpro.com/BEYOND
More info https://beyondbadapples.eu/
#ResearchIntegrity #ResearchMisconduct #ResearchTraining

Beyond Bad Apples "investigates the root causes of research misconduct, develops robust methodologies for impactful training and creates and enhances training materials. ... No matter if you're a seasoned scientist, a student or someone who simply cares for good science – we are hosting a public consultation ... participate by completing the survey until 28th February 2024."

Survey https://latvia.questionpro.com/BEYOND
More info https://beyondbadapples.eu/
#ResearchIntegrity #ResearchMisconduct #ResearchTraining

Beyond Bad Apples "investigates the root causes of research misconduct, develops robust methodologies for impactful training and creates and enhances training materials. ... No matter if you're a seasoned scientist, a student or someone who simply cares for good science – we are hosting a public consultation ... participate by completing the survey until 28th February 2024."

Survey https://latvia.questionpro.com/BEYOND
More info https://beyondbadapples.eu/
#ResearchIntegrity #ResearchMisconduct #ResearchTraining

Beyond Bad Apples "investigates the root causes of research misconduct, develops robust methodologies for impactful training and creates and enhances training materials. ... No matter if you're a seasoned scientist, a student or someone who simply cares for good science – we are hosting a public consultation ... participate by completing the survey until 28th February 2024."

Survey https://latvia.questionpro.com/BEYOND
More info https://beyondbadapples.eu/
#ResearchIntegrity #ResearchMisconduct #ResearchTraining

@Talia @sharoz We're doing a review of research misconduct procedures in the UK, aiming to tease out tensions and suggest solutions: https://ukrio.org/our-work/ukrio-research-misconduct-review-2023/

UK institutions should for now follow these guidelines: https://www.universitiesuk.ac.uk/topics/research-and-innovation/concordat-support-research-integrity
We have this model procedure, updated this year: https://ukrio.org/ukrio-resources/publications/misconduct-investigation-procedure/

Anyone with concerns about research linked to the UK can get our free advice: https://ukrio.org/our-work/get-advice-from-ukrio/

#ResearchIntegrity #ResearchMisconduct #HigherEd #AcademicMastodon #UKuniversities

Should researchers who are found to have committed research misconduct be given a second chance?

Dag Slotfeldt-Ellingsen says maybe, with preconditions:
"It will be crucial that the researcher is open and honest about his or her past and can prove to have the professional ethical knowledge and attitudes that the position requires."
https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-25484-0_25

What do you think?

#ResearchMisconduct #ResearchIntegrity #ScientificFraud #SecondChances #Poll #AcademicMastodon