Publisher Springer to retract Sauren Das paper seven months after editorial decision
In July 2015 I was contacted by a concerned reader, asking me to place on PubPeer on his behalf aContinue Reading
Author: Leonid Schneider
Independent Science Journalist and Cartoonist.
Formerly molecular cell biologist. My academic CV at: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6204-9470
Hand of God paper retracted: PLOS ONE “could not stand by the pre-publication assessment”
A paper with reference to “The Creator” in PLOS One, titled “Biomechanical characteristics of Hand Coordination in Grasping Activities of DailyContinue Reading
Sonia Melo loses EMBO YIP Funding, suspended as PI
Sonia Melo, the Portuguese scientist accused of data manipulation and misconduct, now loses her EMBO Installation Grant funding by the EuropeanContinue Reading
Blatt is back: “open debate cornerstone of scientific process”
Michael Blatt, Regius Professor of Botany at the University of Glasgow and Editor-in-Chief of the journal Plant Physiology, is backContinue Reading
The Duodecuplication of a Wandering Western Blot
This is a story of western blot, which might be holding the current record of re-use. While other papers areContinue Reading
Nonsense paper at Frontiers retracted
Frontiers now retracts the paper by the retired surgeon Ivo P. Janecka “Sensing risk, fearing uncertainty: systems science approach toContinue Reading
Macchiarini and Karolinska: the biomedical ethics meltdown
Paolo Macchiarini, the charismatic star surgeon and stem cell pioneer, once lauded for saving lives of suffocating patients, is now reallyContinue Reading
OA publishers Hindawi vs. Frontiers: similar, yet different
In this article, I will compare editorial policies of two for-profit open access (OA) publishers, Frontiers and Hindawi. Though bothContinue Reading
Sonia Melo case: PhD advisor Esteller sham-investigated, postdoc PI Kalluri with $ 80Mio COI
Sonia Melo, Portuguese cancer researcher and recipient of the prestigious EMBO Installation Grant, now has her publications investigated by EMBOContinue Reading
PACE trial and other clinical data sharing: patient privacy concerns and parasite paranoia
Data sharing is all over academic news now. We had Research Parasites, a noxious species of scientists who want toContinue Reading
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