Princes of Persia
A fairy tale story about three Persian scientists in America, and their retractions: Ali Khademhosseini Esmaiel Jabbari and Danial Barati.
By Leonid Schneider, on research integrity, biomedical ethics and academic publishing
A fairy tale story about three Persian scientists in America, and their retractions: Ali Khademhosseini Esmaiel Jabbari and Danial Barati.
Schneider Shorts 28.08.2026 – racism affair in Ghent explodes in all directions, a German university deals with a Nazi doctor, another German university has been rigging Wikipedia, retractions for scholars in Italy and USA, and finally, a new antibody kerfuffle uncovered.
“For every paper like these two, there are hundreds or thousands that stay. Not because they are more defensible. Because nobody had two years to spare.” – Valentin Rodionov
Schneider Shorts 1.05.2026 – important men reveal their conflicts, IEEE overrun by Indian papermills, obscure cheating in France, Italian scholars lose papers, an Elsevier editor needs recognition, and finally, how pig sperm cures blindness!
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 3.01.2025 – a Nobelist who never cared about money is dead, a board certified dermatopathologist fights hybrid attacks, with a russian papermiller in Kazakhstan, salami publishing, an unexpected retraction for a German biotech, and finally, with the most shameless corrections so far.
“I woke up seeing Elsevier’s giant middle finger in front of my face.” – Mu Yang
Schneider Shorts 26.07.2024 – a sleuth conference in Porto, one cat’s week of fame, retractions for various famous luminaries in UK, USA and Switzerland, and finally, a Jesus miracle of turning old mice into supermodels.
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