Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: PCI webinar series - 18th June 2025 - 4pm [to 5.15 pm] Paris Time - Elevating Scientific Standards: Community-Driven Assessment on PubPeer. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.

Speaker: Brandon Stell Title: Elevating Scientific Standards: Community-Driven Assessment on PubPeer Abstract: PubPeer was created in 2012 to facilitate the correction of science and accelerate the convergence of ideas through open, public discussion. By focusing on the substance of scientific publications, PubPeer combats the notion that publication is a definitive event establishing the truth of a result and counters the damaging over-reliance on indirect metrics such as journal name, impact factor, or H-index as indicators of correctness and quality. The use of these unreliable indicators has opened the door to gaming of research reputations through questionable and even fraudulent practices; recent years have even seen the arrival of the organised production of fake papers and citations, by so-called papermills. Since its launch, PubPeer has grown to become the reference platform for exposing low-quality research, particularly in cases where the integrity of a publication is in question. Its essential characteristics include the ability to discuss any scientific article, speed, simplicity, a permanent right of reply for authors, the availability of anonymity, and rigorous content moderation. In parallel, we have witnessed the emergence of a community of dedicated and expert analysts who have exposed unsuspected volumes of questionable and fraudulent research. These volunteers are at the forefront of the fight against the subversion of the principles of scientific research. In this talk, I will share insights and observations from over a decade of running this platform, highlighting its impact on the scientific community and its potential to transform how research is evaluated and rewarded. — Brandon Stell studied biology at the University of Colorado, where he worked in a biomechanics lab and helped build a robotic leach to measure swimming forces of undulatory swimmers. He received his PhD at UCLA in Istvan Mod https://peercommunityin.org/pci-webinar-series/