By Leonid Schneider, on research integrity, biomedical ethics and academic publishing
Schneider Shorts 28.11.2025 – a Good Russian in eastern Germany, a pensioner victimised in New York, with several MDPI retractions for papermillers and Italian bigwigs, interesting corrections, failed proper channels, and finally, even more cancers ended with nanoparticles.
Celebrating the ten greatest science geniuses of the King Saud University.
“Does this mean it’s time for an update on the bogus-citation economy? Leonid thought it is, and now you all must suffer for his misdirected priorities. ” – Smut Clyde
Schneider Shorts 30.08.2024 – lawyers advise universities about PubPeer, a spoiled brat in Liverpool gets a new toy, an Italian role model gets her first retractions, low standards in Cleveland, with fake and stolen identities, a failed defamation lawsuit, and finally, how US government supports new brains for immortality.
“I was asked to pay in bitcoin to avoid retraction”. – Zbigniew Leonowicz
“Go and change the globe to a more positive future instead”
“Or The author can also put your name to the article to increase your academic popularity, such as adding your name to the second or third author.”
Nick Wise and Alexander Magazinov on the authorships-for-sale market on social media. Merely $700 for the 7th position on some paper way outside your expertise!
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