Does ERC help cheaters pay protection money?
Did you ever wonder why certain zombie scientists were still in academic jobs? Despite having been caught on data manipulationContinue Reading
Tag: plant sciences
The smelly compost heap of plant-based nanoparticles
A gang of Indian nanotechnology scientists, allegedly from Annamalai University in India, placed in 2014-2015 several papers in different journals,Continue Reading
With Voinnet and Cosma cover-up, Cell now admits to have no editorial integrity whatsoever
The elite journal Cell issued editorial notices in regard to 3 papers by the Swiss-based French plant scientist Olivier Voinnet (foundContinue Reading
A personal tale of scientific misconduct
“I performed these manipulations on the original scans of my own films, with the express knowledge of my advisor.”
Voinnet aftermath: ethical bankruptcy of academic elites
Olivier Voinnet, the disgraced former star plant scientist and professor at ETH Zürich, is apparently on extended sick leave, hisContinue Reading
Publisher Springer to retract Sauren Das paper seven months after editorial decision
In July 2015 I was contacted by a concerned reader, asking me to place on PubPeer on his behalf aContinue Reading
Olivier Voinnet loses EMBO Gold Medal, Sonia Melo investigated by EMBO
News piece: The former star plant scientist Olivier Voinnet, currently professor at the Swiss elite university ETH Zürich has nowContinue Reading
Olivier Voinnet case: correcting the uncorrectable
The case of the former star plant scientist Olivier Voinnet is being quietly concluded. After now seven paper retractions, more than twiceContinue Reading
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