Do bad apples in academic publishing really spoil the barrel?
Do we need to worry about the presence of retracted articles in systematic reviews and clinical practice guidelines?
Will a cross-publisher integrity hub aid the battle against fake research?
Publishers join with STM to develop new standardised tools to tackle paper mills.
Retracted papers: are we doing enough to put discredited research to rest?
Read about the difficulties in identifying retracted articles and mitigating their real world impact.
Spotting fake images in scientific research: insights from science integrity consultant Elisabeth Bik
Elisabeth Bik discusses the importance of science integrity and the issue of manipulated images within scientific publications.
How do nonsense papers make their way into reputable journals?
Get up to date with the growing fraudulent impersonation problem hitting journals publishing special issues.
Is health research no longer to be trusted?
Learn why one expert thinks it’s time to assume all clinical research is fraudulent until there is evidence to the contrary.
Detectives are on the hunt for fake research papers: Nature analysis investigates the paper mill problem
Nature analyses the ongoing battle publishers are facing against paper mills and what editors are doing to identify these fake articles.
A bot is monitoring new publications for retracted article citations
The automated tool, scite Reference Check, is helping to address a longstanding issue in scientific publishing.
Combatting research integrity breaches: insights from Suzanne Farley, Director of the Springer Nature Research Integrity Group
Read Suzanne Farley’s perspectives on the steps one publisher is taking to address the growing problem of research misconduct.
Research integrity in the COVID-19 era: insights from Retraction Watch co-founder Ivan Oransky
Read Ivan Oransky’s take on the retraction landscape and his perspectives on how to tackle research integrity issues in the future.
Meeting report: summary of session 3 of the 8th EMWA Symposium
Missed the meeting? Read our report on the symposium entitled “Research integrity & the medical communicator: what we do when no one is watching.”
Meeting report: summary of session 2 of the 8th EMWA Symposium
Missed the meeting? Read our report on the symposium entitled “Research integrity & the medical communicator: what we do when no one is watching.”
Insights from the new Retraction Watch database
An analysis by Science Magazine of Retraction Watch’s new database challenges a number of common perceptions surrounding retractions and reveals some important key themes.
Inconsistency in retraction notices across bibliographic platforms
A recent study highlights the difficulty in identifying retracted articles in online databases.
An algorithm to police figure duplication?
Here’s how the power of machine learning could be harnessed to automate the search for fraudulent figure duplications in submitted manuscripts.
New tool to identify fakes in the peer review process
Fake reviews continue to be a serious concern in medical publishing, putting data integrity and trust in the scientific community at risk. As recently reported by Retraction Watch, a new … Continue Reading New tool to identify fakes in the peer review process