Research data integrity: words and deeds of Berlin’s head ophthalmologist
Note: the following post provoked a lawyer’s letter on behalf of Antonia Joussen, demanding its removal and a personal damageContinue Reading
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The 3rd editor and failure of ‘proper channels’
A scientist finds serious measurement errors in three publications of his former collaborators. He alerts the journals and makes hisContinue Reading
Sumitran-Holgersson’s funding frozen, paper retracted
The misconduct-tainted University of Gothenburg professor of transplantation biology Suchitra Sumitran-Holgersson (see my detailed report here), has now lost aContinue Reading
The stem cell faith healers, or magic inside your bone marrow
Bone marrow stem cells are magic, they can do everything. If you don’t believe it, you are simply a loserContinue Reading
Academic self-plagiarism: misconduct or a literary art form?
Plagiarism, the misappropriation of the (usually written) work of others in order to present it as one’s own, is universally regarding asContinue Reading
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
April Fools: Elsevier pledges integrity, sacks Marcus, Horton
On March 22nd, Tom Reller, Head of Global Corporate Relations for the publishing giant Elsevier, declared the often criticised andContinue 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
Blatt is back: “open debate cornerstone of scientific process”
Michael Blatt, Regius Professor of Botany at the University of Glasgow and Editor-in-Chief of the journal Plant Physiology, is backContinue Reading
The Duodecuplication of a Wandering Western Blot
This is a story of western blot, which might be holding the current record of re-use. While other papers areContinue Reading
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