"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

Last night I received an email from a science journal acknowledging receipt of a manuscript on which I was listed as an author.

I had never seen this manuscript. Its corresponding author was someone I worked with during 2015-2020, but I had seen not a word of this manuscript.

I replied to the journal that I had never seen this manuscript. The likely outcome is that it is rejected before peer review.

I feel terrible for the graduate student who penned the paper. I am furious with the corresponding author for listing me as an author unethically.

#ScientificMisconduct

"Power abuse and corruption by design in German research" #scientificmisconduct #powerabuse

https://media.ccc.de/v/eh22-84-the-silent-scandal-power-abuse-and-corruption-by-design-in-german-research