❗ Update on the plagiarism and data falsification case: one of the articles has been officially RETRACTED

Remember my post from May 14 regarding the falsification and plagiarism of my materials in two scientific articles? Here are the first official results.

❗ The Editorial Board of the journal "Land Reclamation and Water Management" (Kyiv) has completed the primary actions in response to my official complaint:
🔹 Status updated: The article has been officially assigned the international status of RETRACTED.
🔹 Metadata changes: The "RETRACTED" notice is now integrated directly into the article's title and the international citation block (How to Cite). Any attempt to cite this material within the global scientific community will now automatically flag it as a discredited source.
🔹 Digital footprint: The changes are fixed at the DOI level and are synchronizing with international scientometric databases.

#ResearchIntegrity #ScientificMisconduct #ImageManipulation #COPE #Crossref #Academic

❗ While preparing a literature review for my monograph on the hydrogeochemical impact of mine waters, I discovered the unauthorized use of my original materials in articles published in 2021 and 2024. Both publications were prepared with the primary involvement of staff from the Institute of Water Problems and Land Reclamation of the National Academy of Agricultural Sciences of Ukraine (IWPLR NAASU).

An analysis revealed facts that go beyond a simple copyright violation:
🔹 Data Falsification: Original photo metadata (date, time, GPS) was intentionally retouched to conceal their 2015 origin and authorship.
🔹 Methodological Anachronism: Using 2015 data for 2024 modeling renders results invalid by ignoring the major infrastructure overhaul launched in early 2025.
🔹 Institutional Failure: This misconduct by state academy staff signals a systemic collapse of research quality control and ethical oversight within the institutions.

#ScientificMisconduct #SvystunovaGully #ResearchEthics #DataIntegrity #Plagiarism

"For more than a century, scientific journals have been the pipes through which knowledge of the natural world flows into our culture. Now they’re being clogged with AI slop."

- Ross Andersen at The Atlantic

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/2026/01/ai-slop-science-publishing/685704/

#TheAtlanticMagazine #RossAndersen #AIslop #AIethics #AIresearch #SciComm #JournalPublishing #JournalEditing #PublicationEthics #ResearchIntegrity #ScienceEditing #ScientificMisconduct #ScienceFraud #AIinAcademia #AcademiaIA

#fraudecientifico
Investigation found #UBCresearcher fabricated data, gave spinal patients 'false hope.' The public was not told | CBC News
#ScientificMisconduct
Aziz Ghahary 'abandoned his scholarly integrity' in clinical trial for patented treatment, leaked report says
#University of British Columbia’s #UBC plastic surgery department

This story is a collaboration between CBC News and the Investigative Journalism Foundation (#IJF)

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/meshfill-investigation-9.6934934

UBC ... does not come out of this story smelling like roses.

"A celebrated Vancouver researcher used fabricated data and hid evidence of infected wounds to falsely claim his patented skin treatment could heal years-old bed sores in a matter of weeks, according to a leaked report."

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/meshfill-investigation-9.6934934

#ScientificMisconduct #CoverUp #MeshFill

Kingsley, Danny. “Show Your Working: How the ‘Open Science’ Movement Tackles #ScientificMisconduct.” 

The Conversation, 31 de marzo de 2025.

 https://theconversation.com/show-your-working-how-the-open-science-movement-tackles-scientific-misconduct-249020

Practical Tips for Editors: Identifying hallmarks of suspected Gen AI and suspected image manipulation by Dan Stuckey at our conference in Oslo.

#EASEevents #EASEoslo #ImageManipulation #ScientificFigures #PublicationEthics #ResearchIntegrity #ScientificMisconduct #EditingTips #GenAI #GenerativeAI #ChatBots #AItools #AIethics #AIwriting

Intercepting Misconduct - Practical Tips for Editors is chaired by Jason Roberts, with Paula Saikkonen, Dan Stuckey, and Ines Steffens.

Our final session today brings together experts sharing practical, low-cost ways to detect and prevent research misconduct - especially valuable for editors at smaller journals.

https://ease.org.uk/ease-events/18th-ease-conference/18th-ease-conference-scientific-programme/18th-ease-conference-session-7/

#EASEoslo #EASEevents #ScienceEditing #ScientificMisconduct #ResearchIntegrity

Being a "Highly Cited Researcher" has gone from a sign of having impact as a researcher to a potential indicator of misconduct.

"Manipulations have been so obvious and large that, in 2024, over 2,000 researchers were removed from a HCR list containing some 6,600 names." - Lauranne Chaignon

https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2025/05/13/is-the-list-of-highly-cited-researchers-losing-credibility/

#ResearchImpact #HighlyCitedResearchers #Bibliometrics #Scientometrics #ResearchAssessment #Citations #CitationManipulation #CitationScience #ScientificMisconduct #ImpactOfSocialSciences