By Leonid Schneider, on research integrity, biomedical ethics and academic publishing
Schneider Shorts 15.05.2026 – Switzerland shocked to learn the whistleblower was right, German newspaper restores sex abuse story one quack sued against, a German champion of publication ethics corrects his paper, don’t mess with Texas science (coffee included!), and finally, how almost everyone fell for a fake gold medal from a fake institute.
Félix Sauvage tells how he blew the whistle on his collaborator: Sabine Szunerits
CNRS research director Jolanda Spadavecchia was sanctioned with two years suspension for “serious and repeated breaches of her duty of scientific integrity”, 19 retractions were requested.
“Didier Raoult, the IHU institute, and Eric Chabrière all decided to sue Leonid Schneider for defamation and insults, which they claim to be present in this article. They also sued me, because I translated it into French and put it on my blog ” – Alexander Samuel
French nanotechnologists Sabine Szunerits and Rabah Boukherroub put EU Commission’s money to good use. The EU cannot afford a papermill gap to Iran and China!
Schneider Shorts 8.12.2022 – with a harassed nano-fabricator in France, growing pressure on Stanford president, a resigned dean of Weill Cornell, a resigned psychology editor, a Chilean cheater suspended for 2 months, Elon’s monkey torture, stolen fossils kerfuffle, Elisabeth Bik finds an Easter Egg, and as usual, scholarly publishers misbehaving.
You know Voinnet, but now meet other great life scientists of Strasbourg: Drouard, Loeffler, Boutillier, Mr and Mrs Egly, and many others.
Schneider Shorts 15.07.2022 – COVID-19 cured with hyperbaric bullshit, Chinese human rights shop closes in Amsterdam, how to control aggression, with Germany’s Green talent, whistleblowers honoured, viruses and bacteria, and France’s genius way to swear off research fraud.
A critical review of a recent book about chloroquine guru Didier Raoult and the many French politicians who let him operate above the law.
Mad chloroquine guru Didier Raoult is becoming an embarrassment for France, who would’ve known.
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