By Leonid Schneider, on research integrity, biomedical ethics and academic publishing
Schneider Shorts 22.08.2025 – an obituary for an Italian haematologist, a Spanish guru returns from Bhutan, concerns for Italian cardiologist in Bristol, with an Irish mystery, a setback for Germany’s Weltlöwe, retractions issued and rescinded, failed alchemy, and finally, with Church on Friday, again!
Mu Yang and other sleuths celebrate the scholarly publishing business of the late T Nejat Veziroglu, laureate of Santilli-Galilei Gold Medal for Lifetime Commitment to True Scientific Democracy
“To date, he has authored over 700 peer-reviewed articles, 150 book chapters, 25 edited books, and 10 editorial-type scientific articles in various areas of Science and Engineering. Dr. Bilal has a h-index of 94 with 34 000 citations (Google Scholar).”
“I like ImageTwin, but seeing things with just eyes is like hand-to-hand combat….” – Mu Yang
Schneider Shorts 15.11.2024 – trouble in elite Canadian lab, leadership chaos at IEEE, cancer charity money put to good use in Italy, one Elsevier journal untouchable, another cleaned from papermillers, with a Polish professor betrayed, NIH fraudster’s first retractions, and finally, Patricia Murray vs stem cell clinics!
“Benign-by-design, circular economy in the plastics industry, biodegradable antibiotics – the sustainable design of chemistry is the central theme of Prof. Klaus Kümmerer’s work. “
Schneider Shorts 12.07.2024 – A cancer researcher under terrorist attack, where Retraction Watch went wrong, mass retractions for Indian Editor-in-Thief, a papermiller’s new adventures, a corrected Dana Farberication retracted, obituaries for two great researchers, and finally, a Polish rector proves that Leonid Schneider is a russian bot.
Schneider Shorts 21.06.2024 – Nobelist hounded again, retractions for stem cell and superconductor zombies, nine things melatonin does, EMBO being unstoppable, with coffee and cheese, a Declaration of Marseille, an obituary to Chinese virologist, plus proud scamferencers, a German breakthrough in Iran, and finally, what it takes to become associate editor.
Schneider Shorts 14.06.2024 – – Killer surgeon goes to Spanish jail, Lion of the World whitewashed in Germany, with Italy’s superstar who publishes too much, an expert of research ethics, many retractions, Dutch antivaxxery, and you won’t believe what a stupid pillock Ajan is.
“I focus on the sprawling parody literature devoted to the three Es of Energy, Economy and the Environment. Together they […] freeload on the authentic literature on energy efficiency and pollution reduction (while diluting, distracting and discrediting them).” – Smut Clyde
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