The papers which faked themselves
“These papers breached the Australian Code and RMIT Research Policy by not ensuring that conclusions are justified by the results and not responsibly
disseminating research findings.” RMIT investigative report
By Leonid Schneider, on research integrity, biomedical ethics and academic publishing
“These papers breached the Australian Code and RMIT Research Policy by not ensuring that conclusions are justified by the results and not responsibly
disseminating research findings.” RMIT investigative report
“These figures were elaborated by me personally and I remember quite well how I made them. Definitely, the images shown in this figure were cut and pasted from the originals in order to elaborate the figures, the overlapping was done “manually” using GIMP…” – Dr. José R Pérez-Castiñeira
“”Dear Aneurus Inconstans, thank you for your series of valuable suggestions. We will sincerely verify the matters pointed out. I’m sorry, many collaborators have already resigned from academia.”
“I just want to cry right now. I cannot fight this corruption by myself. ” – Elisabeth Bik
Gather round children, and hear a fairy tale from the golden age of degenerative medicine.
The part of the fraud affair not included on Retraction Watch
Bad luck in cancer research?
Cancer research giant Joan Massagué has no time to correct his old papers.
“No, none of my data is forged.” – Ahmed Esmail Shalan
“I cannot help but wonder to what extent you will systematically scrutinize all publications from my group.” – Prof Dr Marino Zerial









