Sweet Sixteen Retractions
“Oh no, not me!”
Rinklebe never lost control
You’re face to face
With the man who soiled the world
By Leonid Schneider, on research integrity, biomedical ethics and academic publishing
“Oh no, not me!”
Rinklebe never lost control
You’re face to face
With the man who soiled the world
Schneider Shorts 14.08.2026 – man let down by two young women in Australia, two bullying divas set up a lab in the Swiss Alps, Chinese papermill issues purity certificate to Portuguese customer, with a German lion of the world being hunted, an Iranian genius welcomed all over Europe, and finally, where Retraction Watch went wrong again.
Schneider Shorts 12.06.2026 – a German fraud fighter by night and quack doctor by day, why journal editors don’t like sleuths, Chinese influencer exposes fraud in Nature, retractions for papermillers in Germany and Poland, and finally, lab leaks and their cover-ups
Schneider Shorts 22.08.2025 – an obituary for an Italian haematologist, a Spanish guru returns from Bhutan, concerns for Italian cardiologist in Bristol, with an Irish mystery, a setback for Germany’s Weltlöwe, retractions issued and rescinded, failed alchemy, and finally, with Church on Friday, again!
Schneider Shorts 7.02.2025 – two material science fabricators in Sweden, one established, one just recruited, two innocent white men who fell prey to naughty Pakistani, with a retraction for a Scottish legend, publishers cleaning up, plagiarism from the best, some corrections, and a Springer contractor gaslighting a sleuth.
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