Karma Police, Arrest This Man
“This is what you get
When you mess with us” –
University of Ulm to L. Schneider
By Leonid Schneider, on research integrity, biomedical ethics and academic publishing
“This is what you get
When you mess with us” –
University of Ulm to L. Schneider
Schneider Shorts 24.07.2026 – proper channels at work in Austria, Science self-correcting, tobacco shills and papermillers in charge of food security, with husband and wife torturing mice, important men losing papers, many other papermill retractions, and tips on how to deal with PubPeer moderation!
“It seems hard to accept any explanation that doesn’t somehow incriminate most of the people involved” – Sholto David
New season of the popular German TV series, ” Charité”, this time set in the early 21st century! Will Jürgen ever become professor? Will Bernd ever allow science to self-correct? Will Christoph ever catch his mechanical pursuer?
“The Investigative Committee notes that the infractions to normal scientific conduct surveyed in this report were blatant and repeated. Dr. [XY] should be dealt with in a manner consistent to the flagrant nature of the misconduct and data manipulation.” 2004 Berkeley report, illegal in Germany
“the professor insults her doctoral students, calling them “stupid”, “useless” or “retarded”, for example. She is said to sometimes require her employees to work more than 80 hours a week. The report speaks of a “quasi-feudal relationship of dependence” and a “climate of fear” at the institute in question.”
Schneider Shorts 5.04.2024 – angry old Nobelist hounded again, one German professor whitewashed, another told to find new friends, Iranian student in Finland admits buying authorships, Polish vice-rector brings papermilling home, more retractions for Italian ex-rector, and finally, with an obituary to anti-aging researcher.
“Basic and advanced training for researchers should focus much more on self-reflection, openness and a culture of error acceptance.”
Schneider Shorts 15.09.2023 – officially innocent scientists in Germany, USA and Sweden, Italian etnobotanist befriends Indian papermill, Harvard to sack first professor, with a successful and a failed biotech, a computer conspiring against editors, and finally, how Nature invented the climate change.
“I am not familiar with Iranian papermills!” – Prof Dr med Henning Madry, Saarland University.
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