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❗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 #DataIntegrity #ImageManipulation #AcademicChatter #ResearchEthics #EarthScience #HigherEducation

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

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

Open-access on FirstView: "Defamation Claims Arising from Research Misconduct Cases: Best Practices for Institutions" by Nathaniel Jaffe, Minal Caron, Lauren Walsh, Barbara Bierer, and Mark Barnes. #ResearchMisconduct #Whistleblower #Defamation #Litigation www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

New Slaw column piece by PKP Founder John Willinsky -- "Is it Time to Protect the Public Interest in Research?"

"Yet, I wish to raise a couple of recent turns that suggest it may be time to consider a measure of legal oversight around research misconduct that comes to light through retractions."

Check it out: https://www.slaw.ca/2025/03/18/is-it-time-to-protect-the-public-interest-in-research/

#Research #ResearchMisconduct #Retractions #ScholarlyPublishing #AcademicChatter

New Slaw column piece by PKP Founder John Willinsky -- "Is it Time to Protect the Public Interest in Research?"

"Yet, I wish to raise a couple of recent turns that suggest it may be time to consider a measure of legal oversight around research misconduct that comes to light through retractions."

Check it out: https://www.slaw.ca/2025/03/18/is-it-time-to-protect-the-public-interest-in-research/

#Research #ResearchMisconduct #Retractions #ScholarlyPublishing #AcademicChatter

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00676-1
There's a correlation between sexual #misconduct accusations and a drop in citations for the scholars accused, while that's not the case for fraudsters. In both cases there is a drop in publications, and the puzzling thing is that - looking at the raw data in the original paper https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0317736 - the trend seems to begin before the accusations emerge. It raises the question of in which direction does the causality go.
#ResearchMisconduct #Science #SexualHarassment

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00676-1
There's a correlation between sexual #misconduct accusations and a drop in citations for the scholars accused, while that's not the case for fraudsters. In both cases there is a drop in publications, and the puzzling thing is that - looking at the raw data in the original paper https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0317736 - the trend seems to begin before the accusations emerge. It raises the question of in which direction does the causality go.
#ResearchMisconduct #Science #SexualHarassment

📢 #Scientometric indicators in #research evaluation and research #misconduct: analysis of the Russian #university excellence initiative

👉 "The results showed that #RUEI #universities had a significantly higher number of retracted #publications in #WoS - and #Scopus -indexed #journals, suggesting that pressure to meet quantitative scientometric #indicators may have encouraged unethical research practices and #researchmisconduct."

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11192-025-05269-3

#retractions #researchintegrity #Russia

📢 #Scientometric indicators in #research evaluation and research #misconduct: analysis of the Russian #university excellence initiative

👉 "The results showed that #RUEI #universities had a significantly higher number of retracted #publications in #WoS - and #Scopus -indexed #journals, suggesting that pressure to meet quantitative scientometric #indicators may have encouraged unethical research practices and #researchmisconduct."

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11192-025-05269-3

#retractions #researchintegrity #Russia

"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

"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

Linking #citation and #retraction #data reveals the demographics of scientific #retractions among highly cited #authors

https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.3002999

#research #ethics #publishing #misconduct #researchmisconduct #publications

Linking #citation and #retraction #data reveals the demographics of scientific #retractions among highly cited #authors

https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.3002999

#research #ethics #publishing #misconduct #researchmisconduct #publications

What could #metascience learn from #criminology for the prevention of #researchmisconduct and #researchintegrity violations? In a seminar at the Netherlands Institute for the Study of Crime and Law Enforcement (NSCR), I discussed with researchers in criminology how theories and findings from the field may be applied in the field of meta research.
Blog: https://renebekkers.wordpress.com/2025/01/24/how-can-criminology-help-reduce-research-integrity-violations/
Slides: https://renebekkers.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/how-can-criminology-help-reduce-research-integrity-violations.pptx
#peerreview

What could #metascience learn from #criminology for the prevention of #researchmisconduct and #researchintegrity violations? In a seminar at the Netherlands Institute for the Study of Crime and Law Enforcement (NSCR), I discussed with researchers in criminology how theories and findings from the field may be applied in the field of meta research.
Blog: https://renebekkers.wordpress.com/2025/01/24/how-can-criminology-help-reduce-research-integrity-violations/
Slides: https://renebekkers.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/how-can-criminology-help-reduce-research-integrity-violations.pptx
#peerreview

"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

"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

Finally, it happened: someone threw me into the realm of AI hallucinations. Two papers posted on Research Gate, with identical versions posted on the SSRN, linked to an account at the School of Economics, Finance & Banking (SEFB) of Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM), include hallucinated references to non-existent publications listed under my name.

#ChatGPT #AI #hallucinations #researchmisconduct #DOI #references #academicwriting

Finally, it happened: someone threw me into the realm of AI hallucinations. Two papers posted on Research Gate, with identical versions posted on the SSRN, linked to an account at the School of Economics, Finance & Banking (SEFB) of Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM), include hallucinated references to non-existent publications listed under my name.

#ChatGPT #AI #hallucinations #researchmisconduct #DOI #references #academicwriting

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

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

Lawsuit opens research misconduct report that may get a Harvard prof fired - Enlarge / Harvard's got a lawsuit on its hands. (credit: Glowimages)
... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=2010602 #researchmisconduct #humanbehavior #psychology #science #harvard #lawsuit

Lawsuit opens research misconduct report that may get a Harvard prof fired - Enlarge / Harvard's got a lawsuit on its hands. (credit: Glowimages)
... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=2010602 #researchmisconduct #humanbehavior #psychology #science #harvard #lawsuit

#ResearchMisconduct may cost plenty.

The academic community's own auto-immune system works, at least somewhat. Years of wasted time while that happens.

See _Science_ article embedded within. Apparently we're stuck at "alleged" but photochops need fingers pressing buttons.

https://theconversation.com/alzheimers-might-not-be-primarily-a-brain-disease-a-new-theory-suggests-its-an-autoimmune-condition-189047

#ResearchMisconduct may cost plenty.

The academic community's own auto-immune system works, at least somewhat. Years of wasted time while that happens.

See _Science_ article embedded within. Apparently we're stuck at "alleged" but photochops need fingers pressing buttons.

https://theconversation.com/alzheimers-might-not-be-primarily-a-brain-disease-a-new-theory-suggests-its-an-autoimmune-condition-189047

What if It Didn’t Happen: Data Management and Avoiding Research Misconduct | Journal of eScience Librarianship

https://publishing.escholarship.umassmed.edu/jeslib/article/id/746/

Good morning! My last piece for 2023 -- with @briney and @IandPangurBan !

#DataManagement

#ResearchMisconduct
#RDM

#Data

What if It Didn’t Happen: Data Management and Avoiding Research Misconduct | Journal of eScience Librarianship

https://publishing.escholarship.umassmed.edu/jeslib/article/id/746/

Good morning! My last piece for 2023 -- with @briney and @IandPangurBan !

#DataManagement

#ResearchMisconduct
#RDM

#Data

In case you missed it, last month we published a Research Misconduct Reporting Checklist. The checklist highlights the key questions to ask yourself when reporting potential research misconduct.

Research Misconduct Reporting Checklist: https://zurl.co/8wPp

You can use this checklist in conjunction with our previously shared guide to Reporting
Research Misconduct (link below)

Reporting Research Misconduct: https://zurl.co/TCvs

#ResearchCulture #ResearchIntegrity #ResearchMisconduct

In case you missed it, last month we published a Research Misconduct Reporting Checklist. The checklist highlights the key questions to ask yourself when reporting potential research misconduct.

Research Misconduct Reporting Checklist: https://zurl.co/8wPp

You can use this checklist in conjunction with our previously shared guide to Reporting
Research Misconduct (link below)

Reporting Research Misconduct: https://zurl.co/TCvs

#ResearchCulture #ResearchIntegrity #ResearchMisconduct

We've just published a Research Misconduct Reporting Checklist! The checklist highlights the key questions to ask yourself when reporting potential research misconduct (in the UK).

Research Misconduct Reporting Checklist: https://zurl.co/8wPp

You can use this checklist in conjunction with our previously shared guide to Reporting
Research Misconduct (link below)

Reporting Research Misconduct: https://zurl.co/TCvs

#ResearchCulture #ResearchIntegrity #ResearchMisconduct

We've just published a Research Misconduct Reporting Checklist! The checklist highlights the key questions to ask yourself when reporting potential research misconduct (in the UK).

Research Misconduct Reporting Checklist: https://zurl.co/8wPp

You can use this checklist in conjunction with our previously shared guide to Reporting
Research Misconduct (link below)

Reporting Research Misconduct: https://zurl.co/TCvs

#ResearchCulture #ResearchIntegrity #ResearchMisconduct

I really enjoyed the #NHS Research Engagement Network (#REN) event today. Inspiring projects on how to make health #ResearchMisconduct more inclusive. I look forward to working more with Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust on this. Our scoping workshop on health inequalities is next week!

#CommunityResearch

I really enjoyed the #NHS Research Engagement Network (#REN) event today. Inspiring projects on how to make health #ResearchMisconduct more inclusive. I look forward to working more with Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust on this. Our scoping workshop on health inequalities is next week!

#CommunityResearch

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

Nature retracts a second high-temperature superconductor study - Enlarge / Dikembe Mutombo rejects your flawed publication. (credit: DAV... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1982217 #researchmisconduct #superconductivity #retraction #science #physics

Nature retracts a second high-temperature superconductor study - Enlarge / Dikembe Mutombo rejects your flawed publication. (credit: DAV... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1982217 #researchmisconduct #superconductivity #retraction #science #physics

Ars Technica: Nature retracts a second high-temperature superconductor study https://arstechnica.com/?p=1982217 #Tech #arstechnica #IT #Technology #researchmisconduct #superconductivity #retraction #Science #Physics

The European Network of Research Integrity Offices (ENRIO) Handbook on Whistleblower Protection in Research is now available to download: https://zenodo.org/record/8192478

The handbook aims to guide research performing institutions on how to implement a whistleblowing management system, including reporting alleged misconduct and potential issues that might arise during and after an investigation.

#Whistleblowers #ResearchIntegrity #ResearchMisconduct #ENRIO #Research #Handbook

The European Network of Research Integrity Offices (ENRIO) Handbook on Whistleblower Protection in Research is now available to download: https://zenodo.org/record/8192478

The handbook aims to guide research performing institutions on how to implement a whistleblowing management system, including reporting alleged misconduct and potential issues that might arise during and after an investigation.

#Whistleblowers #ResearchIntegrity #ResearchMisconduct #ENRIO #Research #Handbook

@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

@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

“The [investigation] process needs to protect the rights of the individual accused, but once the process is complete and it’s known that misconduct did take place, then that needs to be made clear, and often it isn’t. Often these people who engage in misconduct quietly leave by the back door, maybe join another institution—it’s very opaque.” - Marcus Munafò, Research Professional News webinar

https://www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-funding-know-how-start-here-2023-the-battle-for-research-integrity-is-winnable/
#ResearchIntegrity #ResearchMisconduct #MarcusMunafo #ResearchProfessionalNews

“The [investigation] process needs to protect the rights of the individual accused, but once the process is complete and it’s known that misconduct did take place, then that needs to be made clear, and often it isn’t. Often these people who engage in misconduct quietly leave by the back door, maybe join another institution—it’s very opaque.” - Marcus Munafò, Research Professional News webinar

https://www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-funding-know-how-start-here-2023-the-battle-for-research-integrity-is-winnable/
#ResearchIntegrity #ResearchMisconduct #MarcusMunafo #ResearchProfessionalNews

The Research Scandal at Stanford Is More Common Than You Think

#ResearchIntegrity #ResearchMisconduct

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/30/opinion/stanford-president-student-journalist.html?smid=tw-share

Should we be investigating the trustworthiness of the research or the researcher?

'Breaches in Research Integrity' - Dr Josephine Woodhams: https://ukrio.org/wp-content/uploads/Breaches-in-RI-2023.pdf

#ResearchIntegrity #ResearchMisconduct #RMIT #BreachesInResearchIntegrity #QRPs #TrustInResearch

Should we be investigating the trustworthiness of the research or the researcher?

'Breaches in Research Integrity' - Dr Josephine Woodhams: https://ukrio.org/wp-content/uploads/Breaches-in-RI-2023.pdf

#ResearchIntegrity #ResearchMisconduct #RMIT #BreachesInResearchIntegrity #QRPs #TrustInResearch

🧵 Recommendations to Enhance Partnerships Between Institutions and Journals to Address Concerns About Research Misconduct, by Susan Garfinkel et al. in JAMA Network Open.

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2806481

#PublicationEthics #ResearchIntegrity #ResearchMisconduct #Partnerships

🧵 Recommendations to Enhance Partnerships Between Institutions and Journals to Address Concerns About Research Misconduct, by Susan Garfinkel et al. in JAMA Network Open.

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2806481

#PublicationEthics #ResearchIntegrity #ResearchMisconduct #Partnerships

Today is World Whistleblowers Day.

We have a guide for #whistleblowers and other claimants to report their #ResearchIntegrity concerns and get action taken: https://ukrio.org/wp-content/uploads/Reporting-Research-Integrity-Concerns-180523.pdf

#WWBD23 #ResearchMisconduct

Today is World Whistleblowers Day.

We have a guide for #whistleblowers and other claimants to report their #ResearchIntegrity concerns and get action taken: https://ukrio.org/wp-content/uploads/Reporting-Research-Integrity-Concerns-180523.pdf

#WWBD23 #ResearchMisconduct

Are you thinking of reporting suspected research misconduct, but you aren't sure what it involves?

Our checklist at https://ukrio.org/wp-content/uploads/Misconduct-Reporting-Checklist-180523.pdf, part of our guide to reporting research misconduct at https://ukrio.org/wp-content/uploads/Reporting-Research-Integrity-Concerns-180523.pdf, will help you know what to expect and how to approach the process.

#ResearchMisconduct #ResearchIntegrity #Whistleblowing #Checklists #Guidelines #AcademicMastodon

Are you thinking of reporting suspected research misconduct, but you aren't sure what it involves?

Our checklist at https://ukrio.org/wp-content/uploads/Misconduct-Reporting-Checklist-180523.pdf, part of our guide to reporting research misconduct at https://ukrio.org/wp-content/uploads/Reporting-Research-Integrity-Concerns-180523.pdf, will help you know what to expect and how to approach the process.

#ResearchMisconduct #ResearchIntegrity #Whistleblowing #Checklists #Guidelines #AcademicMastodon

An audience with Ivan Oransky, Evelyne Decullier and Hervé Maisonneuve, who shared their experiences and best practice of managing cases of publishing and research misconduct, and discussed guidelines and proper behaviour for retraction.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dKC_wp38Yk
#EASEevents #ResearchIntegrity #ResearchMisconduct #Retractions #PublicationEthics #Webinar

Check out our redesigned resources page where you can easily navigate all of the resources on our website.

Read more: https://ukrio.org/resources/

#Resources #ResearchMisconduct #ResearchEthics #ResearchCulture