By Leonid Schneider, on research integrity, biomedical ethics and academic publishing
Schneider Shorts 12.12.2025 – insanity and retractions in Canada, a papermiller in Scotland, an ancient London artwork destroyed, with Belgian geniuses, unusual references, and finally, Elsevier cracks down on papermill fraud.
As German TV asks Tilman Grune what he will eat in the future, I have other questions for him.
Schneider Shorts 15.08.2025 – how to cite only good sources, two Californian professors and one Canadian victimised by time-warp conspiracies, with a Nature Exclusive, Cell Press refusing retraction, a German professor papermilling, and Manhattan Project of Eugenics!
Schneider Shorts 27.06.2025 – the innocent man of Santa Cruz, the guilty man of Arkansas, a woman and her dogs harassed, a Marquis knighted by King of Spain, with one of Australia’s top researchers, money shortage in Marseille, retractions in Heidelberg, and a lawsuit at Duke.
“The magnitude was much greater than we had expected or hoped for,” – Martin Gleave
“Expressions of Concern may be used as an interim notice to flag a potential issue that may be ultimately resolved with another amendment outcome (e.g. retraction or correction) or they may remain as the final outcome in cases where conclusive evidence cannot be obtained. ” – COPE
Schneider Shorts 21.02.2025 – Germany special with my plea to German voters, a russia-lover in Hamburg, an animal friend in Magdeburg, a decisive art historian in Cottbus, and an Iran-loving German in Poland, plus other stories of a Californian urologist, a papermill gang, and mass retractions in Elsevier to save one greedy Spanish man.
Schneider Shorts 14.02.2025 – the Matthew Effect in Nobel retractions, Cambridge approves of papermilling, France rewards cheatery, with Karen and her mice, fake miRNA research in Canada, and finally, qualifications you need to get a top job in Switzerland.
Schneider Shorts 11.10.2024 – Cancer cures and Nobel Prize special with a British and a German businessman selling vaccine therapy, two oncology professors with fake figures, plus a Hungarian papermiller, and the real cause and cure for Alzheimer’s.
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