Lashing out at Toxicology Reports
“What exactly will Lash and Elsevier do with these 115 problematic papers? I can only expect a painfully inadequate response.” – Sholto David
Category: Research integrity
Swedish rector Anders Hagfeldt pronounced innocent of papermilling
“The board’s conclusion is therefore that the deviations regarding figure 2b and 2c in article 1 constitute serious deviations from good research practice”
Dario Altieri remembers Filippo Giancotti
The sad state of affairs of oncology drug discovery
Synthetic Communications with Ali Fakhri and his real or imaginary friends
“the entire dramatis personae seem to have crawled out of our man’s sock drawer, and the page-count of Synthetic Communications would be grievously impoverished without his contributions, whether direct or uncredited.”- Smut Clyde
Miami Vice: Francis Hornicek & Zhenfeng Duan
” I will only confirm that every conclusion offered in papers on which I am one of the authors is sound and can be relied upon.” Francis Hornicek
Queen Mary and John Vane’s Cowboys
Welcome to the the William Harvey Research Institute in London. Meet two proteges of its founder, the late Nobelist Sir John Vane: Chris Thiemermann and Mauro Perretti. Then meet their own rotten mentees, especially Salvatore Cuzzocrea and Jesmond Dalli.
Ken Suzuki: The King of Hearts at QMUL
“The only difficult part might be deciding whether Ken has been intentionally deceptive or wildly incompetent, although the difference in practice doesn’t seem so important.” – Sholto David
Gianfranco Alpini, in and out of Indiana?
Rumour goes that liver researchers Gianfranco Alpini and his lady friend Heather Francis left Indiana University. While they remain silent, their PubPeer record speaks volumes.
Science moves forward with productive and meaningful activities
“Yup we are being hounded.” – Thomas Südhof
Hannover Scheibenkleister
“Dr. Scheibe presented to me the original blots […]. I think that’s pretty convincing.”
For Better Science 