A Bingdi lotus is in bloom
“Mr. Efferth firmly rejects the suspicion raised against him of involvement in paper mill activities and in the publication of automatically generated publications.” – University of Mainz
By Leonid Schneider, on research integrity, biomedical ethics and academic publishing
“Mr. Efferth firmly rejects the suspicion raised against him of involvement in paper mill activities and in the publication of automatically generated publications.” – University of Mainz
Schneider Shorts 14.08.2026 – man let down by two young women in Australia, two bullying divas set up a lab in the Swiss Alps, Chinese papermill issues purity certificate to Portuguese customer, with a German lion of the world being hunted, an Iranian genius welcomed all over Europe, and finally, where Retraction Watch went wrong again.
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“What do science and “true love” have in common? Both are infatuated by passion, but if trust is lost, it is almost impossible to go back.” – Bernhard Sabel
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!
Schneider Shorts 17.07.2026 – a serial rapist at Charite Berlin could still graduate, an Italian scholar who hates snitches, two science guardians finding each other, with the first retraction for German professors and several Polish scholars losing papers, including from an entirely retracted MDPI special issue.
Schneider Shorts 26.06.2026 – a German university sponsors papermills, picoparticles and visiting researchers havoc in Poland, British climate warrior loses first paper, plus more retractions for a man who never was to Czechia and for men who don’t even exist.
Schneider Shorts 29.052026 – German universities struggle with papermill prodigies, a Polish rector removed for sexual harassment, American antivax papers removed, Serbian Lieutenant Colonel fights retractions, confusing PubPeer moderation, and finally, how to cure Parkinson’s with graphene and cranberries.
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.
Three whitewashings and a misconduct finding for Galina Selivanova




