The perfect crime of plagiarism
“What happens when plagiarism is officially confirmed, but correcting the scholarly record becomes structurally impossible?” – Leonid Borysenko
Tag: plagiarism
The Galdiero Clan
“Scientific works must be carefully reviewed, assessed, and, if necessary, corrected at the time of submission and publication. Attempting to re-evaluate articles many years later represents an unfair practice toward the authors ” – a member of the Galdiero Clan.
Schneider Shorts 13.02.2026 – Prize for Academic Integrity (Europe category)
Schneider Shorts 13.02.2026 – a Finnish nightmare for a Spanish scholar, a Portuguese Vice-Rector in trouble, a cure for cancer from US government, with a role model for women in German medicine, one champion of research ethics in England and another in Italy, and finally, why you must have a coffee (or a tea) now.
Marginalised and isolated in academic publishing activities
A history professor remains a valuable peer even if credibly accused of sexual harassment. And even of plagiarism? Will they still defend him with their letters?
Mergers & Acquisitions by Mark and David Geier
Kathleen Seidel analysed two papers by Mark and David Geier, which claimed that mercury in vaccines caused autism
Schneider Shorts 16.08.2024 – Megalomania squared
Schneider Shorts 16.09.2024 – superconductor data released, old American alpha males in trouble, a theory why CureVac failed, a resigned Polish papermiller’s lament, with a remote-papermiller in London, France’s celebrity plagiarist, a society for fake neuroscience, MDPI in action, and finally a bad ecstasy trip in California.
Schneider Shorts 31.05.2024 – Historic heavy rain and flooding
Schneider Shorts 31.05.2024 – New York pharma cheater guilty, image sleuth reveals secret identity, Iranian papermillers in Germany and Switzerland, Chinese editing ring with split personalities, ACS learns COPE guidelines, with shocking editorial practices, applied Australian research ethics, and finally, an industry whistleblower gaslighted.
Who are you, Matthew Stephenson?
“Sense of wasted potential. Stephenson has energy, and a degree of low rat cunning that could accomplish something, if only steered in the right direction.” – Smut Clyde
I have almost 100 manpower with me at any time
“WE DONT PAY FOR PAPERS. YOU MUST KNOW THAT THESE BEST IN THE PLANET JOURNALS GO THROUGH RIGOROUS PEER REVIEW” – Abhijit Dey, papermiller
Stephenson’s Alternative Universes
“Stephenson […]. wants his Scientist persona to be not only a renowned computer scientist and quantum theoretician, but also a neurosurgeon. Possibly a test pilot and rock star too.” – Smut Clyde
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