Frontiers reviewer told: don’t be strict, endorse paper, reports Giulia Liberati
Journal peer review is a mysterious black box all scientists fear. The task of the reviewers is to help authorsContinue Reading
Tag: Medicine
Regenerating in Hannover, Part 2: Axel Haverich’s “growing” heart valves
The science of the fallen star of regenerative medicine Paulo Macchiarini was simple: take a dead organ, strip it ofContinue Reading
The infectious self-plagiarism of radiologist Hedvig Hricak
In medicine, academic performance is evaluated quantitatively, by the sheer number of papers. Promotions are granted according to the publicationContinue Reading
Berlin clinic head Joussen investigated by DFG, while 3 universities ignore FOI requests
Antonia Joussen, head of ophthalmology clinic at the Berlin university hospital Charité, had to correct several of her publications dueContinue Reading
Pontus Boström: cheater carousel in Sweden
Sweden is a tolerant country, which is a very good thing. Unfortunately, sometimes this Swedish tolerance seems ill-advised. Dishonest scientistsContinue Reading
Self-Plagiarism: helps careers, hurts noone?
Times Higher Education recently reported about an online survey on research integrity of British scientists. The study was performed andContinue Reading
Brexiting out of EU research and patient rights
Britain voted itself out of the European Union, and with this act UK research will soon be also out ofContinue Reading
Berlin head ophthalmologist Joussen deploys lawyer to silence my reporting, demands from me €80,000 damages
I received a lawyer’s letter, where I am instructed to delete my report about the Berlin head ophthalmologist Antonia JoussenContinue Reading
Mario Saad and the return of the wandering western blot
“A clinical trial of fake news, by Mario Saad”
Regenerating in Hannover, Part 1: how Macchiarini got ideas
The trachea surgeon and formerly world-renowned stem cell pioneer Paolo Macchiarini, whose human experimenting left most of his trachea-transplant patientsContinue Reading
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