Imperial Adcock – from Barnes to Iran!
“the College would have been well within its rights to reject all of your allegations…”
Author: Leonid Schneider
Independent Science Journalist and Cartoonist.
Formerly molecular cell biologist. My academic CV at: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6204-9470
Schneider Shorts 3.02.2023 – Where have all retractions gone?
Schneider Shorts 3.02.2023 – German trachea transplanters forgot to retract 7 papers, a bullying psychologist in Sweden, a colossal wanker with a dodo, ERC thanks an expert, German EiC leaves havoc behind, an EMBO editor has some explaining to do, and finally, how ethics at Cambridge and Oxford University Presses work.
Imperial Irishman Hugh Brady (and his Dublin leprechauns)
When your Irish past catches up with your English future.
The potential problems of Eliezer Masliah
“the confusion occurred while utilizing prior panels as example ” – emeritus professor Eliezer Masliah
Schneider Shorts 27.01.2023 – The Biggest Fraudster of All
Schneider Shorts 27.01.2023 – Michigan professor out after fraud findings, Elsevier’s recruits Vietnam’s most-cited scholar as EiC, much-retracted gynecologist from Egypt loses PhD in Netherlands, anti-aging goes to the dogs, how to get fit, and finally, how an intrepid journal hunts the biggest research fraudster in science’s history.
Schneider Shorts 20.01.2023 – Mistakes are inevitable
Schneider Shorts 20.012023 – an Imperial retraction, investigators appointed in Stanford, a sexual harasser arrives in Harvard, greedy crook reverses aging, with another Cassava paper whitewashed, the secret of high impact factors, why some Italian fraudster’s papers are safe.
An attractive and “natural” target for fraudsters
“In the various excellent texts on paper mills the question is discussed why Naunyn-Schmiedebergs Archives of Pharmacology has become a target for fake papers. I oppose the assumption that we simply want to fill pages with pseudo-scientific content. We actually look for quality and good science.” – Prof Dr Roland Seifert, Editor-in-Chief
Schneider Shorts 13.01.2023 – On a strictly confidential basis
Schneider Shorts 13.01.2023 – confidential whitewashing in Australia, hallmarks of fraud in Cell, Nature journals welcome Count Facula and a Greek cheater, with FDA’s new Alzheimer’s drug, a German editor who can’t stop papermilling, an Italian art lover in Ohio, and why Smut Clyde will never get full credit.
What Elsa Flores and Tyler Jacks taught each other
“PCR reactions run on agarose gels commonly look similar due to artifacts introduced by the agarose gel and comb.” Dr Elsa R Flores, Associate Director, Moffitt Cancer Center
Schneider Shorts 6.01.2023 – Defamation of Character
Schneider Shorts 6.01.2023 – lawsuit warnings from cardiology society and from editor against whistleblowers, an elite nanotech lab terminated in Czechia, award-winning cheater’s first retraction, more papermilling at Germany, humour by research fraudsters, and why your kids must play video games.
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