PLOS One publishes near-copy of retracted JBC paper, sans coauthor Carlo Croce
On July 29th 2016, Journal of Biological Chemistry (JBC) retracted a cardiology paper from 2009 for data manipulations. Only someContinue Reading
Author: Leonid Schneider
Independent Science Journalist and Cartoonist.
Formerly molecular cell biologist. My academic CV at: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6204-9470
Anne Peyroche removed as interim CNRS President as her publications are “questioned”
Things are happening at the French state’s network of research institutes, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS). Their interim president,Continue Reading
How Emilie Marcus and Cell covered up misconduct at Weizmann
I previously reported about numerous cases of suspected (or even blatantly obvious) data manipulation at the Weizmann Institute of ScienceContinue Reading
How Elsevier finds its peer reviewers
The following email exchange took place between the academic Editor-in-Chief of an Elsevier subscription journal and a professor of physics and astronomy, who was invited to peer review a clinical trial study on gestational diabetes, his expertise assumed from some obscure “keywords”.
How scam artist Ashutosh Tiwari played Linköping University
“I fully support Dr Ashutosh Tiwari being permitted to enter the Docent programme of Linköping University. [.. }He is carrying out first-rate research, supervising students, has organised a number of international events on behalf of Linköping University, has an excellent publication record and has recently designed a PhD course for us. […]
Yours sincerely,
Professor Anthony P F Turner PhD, DSc, FRSC”
UCL fibs Parliament about trachea transplants
The esteemed London university UCL seems to live in its own world. There, the regenerative medicine magic thrives, living organsContinue Reading
Image reuse, the new low of UCL trachea transplanter Martin Birchall?
With his three trachea transplant clinical trials suspended, the British laryngologist and UCL professor Martin Birchall now tries to pull at leastContinue Reading
Christmas messages from Professor Turner, his ex-protégé under investigation Tiwari, and Elsevier
My earlier article about the fake Linköping University professor Ashutosh Tiwari and his scam of predatory conferences and journals, madeContinue Reading
Nature rewards data manipulation with a Mentoring Award
In Spain, there seems to be a tradition of reacting to emerging evidence of data manipulation with handing out prestigiousContinue Reading
Karl Lenhard Rudolph barred from DFG funding for 2 years, as supportive peers flock to his conference
More bad news for Karl Lenhard Rudolph: misconduct findings and 2 year funding ban from DFG. Good news: the international scientific community stands to him in solidarity, no retractions, even some corrections won’t be implemented.
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