Science journalism by Leonid Schneider, on research integrity and academic publishing in life sciences and biomedicine
Much of French media and academia, and certainly also the international plant science community now debates a hot conspiracy theory: what if Olivier Voinnet is actually innocent, a visionary genius who fell prey to a conspiracy of fraudulent colleagues and scheming bureaucrats? I discuss here the widespread dishonesty and data manipulation among Voinnet’s co-authors and peers. Is French research culture to blame?
Olivier Voinnet, responsible for probably the biggest fraud scandal in plant sciences, is back in the news. His present employer ETH Zürich has now concluded, in collaboration with CNRS, their second investigation into data manipulations in Voinnet papers. The ETH professor was declared innocent of any data manipulations, in the past, present and even future.
Great scientists never have any conflicts of interests, and in the case of the investigation of the research misconduct byContinue Reading
The research misconduct scandal around the former star plant scientist, CNRS research director and currently ETH Zürich professor Oliver VoinnetContinue Reading
Olivier Voinnet, the disgraced former star plant scientist and professor at ETH Zürich, is apparently on extended sick leave, hisContinue Reading
The case of the former star plant scientist Olivier Voinnet is being quietly concluded. After now seven paper retractions, more than twiceContinue Reading
