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
Category: Academic Publishing
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”
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
Predatory conferences and other scams of false Swedish professor Ashutosh Tiwari
Ashutosh Tiwari, former employee of Linköping University, built an entire industry of predatory publishing and conferences, which hosted many among the material science research elite, all from a small rented office in the industrial area of Linköping. Tiwari’s genius trick was to play at the vanity and greed of certain academics.
CNRS hits back at the stream of misconduct evidence
The French scientific society CNRS, a huge country-wide network of research institutes and one of the most influential science institutionsContinue Reading
The rise and fall of an antivax paper
Mirror neurons and little men in boats, by Smut Clyde
Frontiers: vanquishers of Beall, publishers of bunk
It is now quasi official: do not mess with Frontiers. My earlier reporting made it a credible possibility that thisContinue Reading
The Costs of Knowledge: scientists want their cut on the scam
Publishers won’t pay YOU for peer review.
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