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 7.08.2026 – a tech bro cleans oceans, a climate expert suggests animal sacrifice, a creepy American crook still trying to cheat, Italian role models lose papers, Danish ecologist fails to cure cancer, and a Pole threatening punishment gets punished.
Schneider Shorts 21.11.2025 – with long Shorts about a fountain of youth found in grape seeds, rodents tortured for fake science in Brazil, an Iranian papermill operating from Canada, plus second servings for French couple and a Danish wildlife ecologist.
Schneider Shorts 10.10.2025 – – how Nobel Magic works, a German Nobelist investigates again, a Polish professor out of the job, a wise fellow in Sweden, a cunning move from Denmark, with various retractions in Heliyon, Wiley behaving funny, and finally, with a scamference heir suing Canadian university.
Schneider Shorts 26.09.2025 – Why papermilling is good: perspectives from university’s legal counsel in Denmark, Nobel laureate and his mentee in UK, Pakistani scholars in Poland, with a cure for Huntington’s and resurrected dodo, and finally, why all hope is lost for US immunology.
Schneider Shorts of 18.07.2025 – an unusual Nobel lecture held in Lindau, an exclusive conference announced in Prague, with Aarhus papermiller”s first retraction, Bologna scholars defended from false allegations, corrections for some lucky people, and finally, with an imperfect Editor-in Chief.
“I like ImageTwin, but seeing things with just eyes is like hand-to-hand combat….” – Mu Yang
Schneider Shorts 14.06.2024 – – Killer surgeon goes to Spanish jail, Lion of the World whitewashed in Germany, with Italy’s superstar who publishes too much, an expert of research ethics, many retractions, Dutch antivaxxery, and you won’t believe what a stupid pillock Ajan is.
“I focus on the sprawling parody literature devoted to the three Es of Energy, Economy and the Environment. Together they […] freeload on the authentic literature on energy efficiency and pollution reduction (while diluting, distracting and discrediting them).” – Smut Clyde
“Go and change the globe to a more positive future instead”
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