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Forensic Scientometrics | Research Integrity | Research Security | Other thoughts FoSci.substack.com
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Cats of Yore
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Marcelās camping skills have not improved. š
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Sara Rouhi
17 days ago
My child asked for āairplane spoonā during dinner and I had to explain that we simply donāt have enough air traffic controllers. Shutdowns have consequences.
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Sara Rouhi
17 days ago
Dr. Rene Aquarius @ Radboud UMC discussing - "We need to talk about RS:"
fosci.substack.com/p/we-need-to...
Shoutout to LM and
@digital-science.com
work in this space.
#OAI14
#researchsecurity
#ResearchIntegrity
#OpenScience
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Digital Science
22 days ago
š£ Webinar on demand: See how publishers can scale research integrity checks with the Dimensions Author Check API. š Watch the full webinar:
https://ow.ly/kaTt50Xn4YQ
Hosted with
Research Information
, presented by Dr
Leslie McIntosh
& Tyler Ruse.
#ResearchIntegrity
#scholcomm
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Digital Science
28 days ago
We may not see dead people - but in this new blog post from
Leslie McIntosh
, there are ghosts aplenty: "Pepper's Ghosts" of research organizations that never were or will be. š» How do these apparitions haunt the realm of #ResearchIntegrity? š Find out:
https://ow.ly/RFMW50Xkm9s
#ResearchIntegrity?
#Halloween2025
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Digital Science
2 months ago
NEW post: "Intelligence Gathering in an Era of (Research) Conflict." Our VP of #ResearchIntegrity & Security,
Leslie McIntosh
, writes about the war-like operations eroding trust in science, and the need for intelligence to counter them. š Read more:
https://ow.ly/FkZA50X2IjW
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Thrilled to be invited
@dannykay68.bsky.social
.
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Digital Science
3 months ago
ā ļø Leslie
@mcintold.bsky.social
has also written a blog post about the investigation's findings.
#ResearchIntegrity
"From Nefarious Networks to Legitimate Funding" - now available to read on the Forensic Scientometrics
#FoSci
Substack: š
fosci.substack.com/p/from-nefar...
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Altmetric
3 months ago
If
@mcintold.bsky.social
ever invites you to a game of hide and seek, decline. She will find you.
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Elisabeth Bik - Perpetrator 5, a fraudulent microbiologist
3 months ago
Next: Leslie McIntosh
@mcintold.bsky.social
⬠with: 'How a Questionable Research Network Manipulated Scholarly Publishing' Authorship and transparency are both trust markers in science. Emails/institutions/funders can be used as trust markers
#PRC10
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Pavithran Narayanan
3 months ago
"Self-citation requests can turn peer review into a transaction rather than an objective critique of the article" -
@aidybarnett.bsky.social
in his OSF
@cos.io
preprint!
#PeerReview
#SelfCitation
#Preprint
#OSF
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OSF
https://osf.io/preprints/osf/wdvr9_v1
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Duct tape famously brought the Apollo 13 astronauts home alive ā but you don't build a mission on duct tape and hope. As Forensic Scientometrics nears its one-year mark, hereās a look at the ideas, cases, and solutions.
#FoSci
#ResearchIntegrity
#ResearchSecurity
open.substack.com/pub/fosci/p/...
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Beyond Duct Tape: Forensics, Fixes, and the Future of Science
A look back on (almost) a year of FoSci
https://open.substack.com/pub/fosci/p/beyond-duct-tape-forensics-fixes?r=2xom9l&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
4 months ago
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Carl T. Bergstrom
4 months ago
1. "'Trusting the experts is not a feature of either a science or democracy," Kennedy said." It's literally a vital feature of both science and of representative democracy. I've written a fair bit about trust in expertise as a vital mechanism in the collective epistemology of science.
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RFK Jr. in interview with Scripps News: āTrusting the experts is not scienceā
HHS Secretary RFK Jr. sat down with Scripps News for a wide-ranging interview, discussing mRNA vaccine funding policy changes and a recent shooting at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
https://www.scrippsnews.com/health/rfk-jr-in-interview-with-scripps-news-trusting-the-experts-is-not-science
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Digital Science
4 months ago
š Great news! As part of Emerald Publishingās ongoing commitment to
#ResearchIntegrity
, Emerald has adopted Dimensions Author Check from Digital Science. š See our announcement:
www.digital-science.com/blog/2025/08...
@emeraldpublishing.bsky.social
@dimensions.ai
#ScholarlyPublishing
#scholcomm
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Dorothy Bishop
4 months ago
hot off the press: huge infestation of crooked editors involved on paper mills unmasked.
www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...
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Digital Science
4 months ago
š Guest post on
@scholarlykitchen.bsky.social
: "How Science is Gamed." Our VP of
#ResearchIntegrity
,
@mcintold.bsky.social
, and Will White discuss scientific manipulation and the need for a framework to classify & detect it. š Read their post now:
scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/08/04/g...
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Guest Post ā How Science Is Gamed - The Scholarly Kitchen
A scholarly disinformation taxonomy could help prevent scholarly communications from being gamed by fraudulent actors.
https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/08/04/guest-post-how-science-is-gamed/
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Eva Holland
4 months ago
One last time before the weekend, my new story from this week, on a film that vanished in late January without explanation. Thanks to everyone who's read and shared it so far! If you haven't yet, please join this cool group of people!
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Why Did National Geographic Disappear Its Own Documentary About A Queer Climate Scientist? | Defector
If youāre not a particular kind of mountain sports nerd, you might not be familiar with the Banff Centre Mountain Film Festival World Tour. But for people who live their lives in the overlapping circl...
https://defector.com/why-did-national-geographic-disappear-its-own-documentary-about-a-queer-climate-scientist
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Digital Science
4 months ago
Are you ready for part 2? "Error vs. Deception: Unpacking the 'Why' of Retractions." Our VP of
#ResearchIntegrity
, Dr Leslie McIntosh
@mcintold.bsky.social
, shares some sample retractions and discusses the Retraction Reasons Taxonomy in practice. š Read her post:
fosci.substack.com/p/error-vs-d...
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Cats of Yore
4 months ago
Did you know there was once a domestic cat constellation? 'Felis' was created by French astronomer Joseph JƩrƓme LefranƧois de Lalande in 1799, but the International Astronomical Union dumped Felis when they created their official constellation boundaries in 1930.
www.ianridpath.com/startales/fe...
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Tim Onion
4 months ago
when they close it all up, I do believe this will go down as the funniest video on the internet
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THREAD Impostors In January 2025
@digital-science.com
's own
@mcintold.bsky.social
published a fascinating run-down of fake authors and impostors over the years. We explore the attention these pretend individuals have received over time. Her Substack is linked at the end. Strong recommend.
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Digital Science
5 months ago
ā ļø This new blog post issues a warning: Co-authors Federica Silvi & Leslie McIntosh
@mcintold.bsky.social
use
@altmetric.com
to investigate how questionable articles can move into Wikipedia and news outlets without notice. š See more at the
#FoSci
Substack:
fosci.substack.com/p/research-a...
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Keith Fitzgerald
5 months ago
Worth a watch: Head of Signal, Meredith Whittaker, on so-called "agentic AI" and the difference between how it's described in the marketing and what access and control it would actually require to work as advertised.
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5 months ago
"Reframing Women Printmakers" a NEW book from WA looks at historic, global, Indigenous and contemporary hugely talented printmakers! Have you got your copy yet? š§”šš§” Via
www.waterstones.com/book/reframi...
Or any good online or local bookstore in your area or country!
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Digital Science
5 months ago
šØ NEW: "Doctored Knowledge." Scientific sleuth RenĆ© Aquarius co-authors with our VP of
#ResearchIntegrity
, Leslie McIntosh, on how manipulated images in scientific papers can feed
#AI
& amplify harm. š See more on the
#FoSci
Substack:
fosci.substack.com/p/doctored-k...
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Dorothy Bishop
5 months ago
good work by
@deadneanderthals.bsky.social
www.thetransmitter.org/publishing/e...
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Exclusive: Issues with dozens of papers prompt inquiry into prolific stroke researcher
Two of John H. Zhangās papers have been retracted, 19 have corrections, and 27 have expressions of concern.
https://www.thetransmitter.org/publishing/exclusive-issues-with-dozens-of-papers-prompt-inquiry-into-prolific-stroke-researcher/
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Digital Science
5 months ago
#ICYMI
: The latest post by our VP of Research Integrity, Dr Leslie McIntosh, is: "Knowledge Fidelity: The Art and Science of Trust."
@mcintold.bsky.social
Guest post written for
@uksg.bsky.social
- also on the
#FoSci
Substack.
#ResearchIntegrity
š
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Knowledge Fidelity: The Art and Science of Trust
Between policy and protocol lies something deeper: the trust we place in knowledge itselfāand our duty to protect it.
https://fosci.substack.com/p/knowledge-fidelity
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What is common knowledge in your field, but shocks outsiders? That trained scientists would collude to manipulate science for political reasons.
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Jana Christopher
5 months ago
Good morning! Looking forward to two days at EMBL, starting today: EMBL Science and Society Conference: In science we trust? @EMBLEvents
#SciSoc2025
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šÆ I scored 6/10 on
#DiscoverOrMDPI
ā can you beat me?
pagoba.shinyapps.io/publi_guess/
,
#ResearchIntegrity
#ScientificPublishing
#AcademicSky
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6 months ago
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Digital Science
6 months ago
š NEW: "Knowledge Fidelity: The Art & Science of Trust" - guest editorial for
@uksg.bsky.social
by our VP of
#ResearchIntegrity
@mcintold.bsky.social
"Knowledge - the pursuit of it, the production of it - should be trusted, guarded & nurtured," she writes. šš
www.uksg.org/newsletter/u...
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Knowledge Fidelity: The Art and Science of Trust - UKSG
In this editorial, Leslie D. McIntosh, PhD, VP of Research Integrity at Digital Science, urges us to take the same approach to verifying scholarly articles than we take to original paintings by checki...
https://www.uksg.org/newsletter/uksg-enews-589/knowledge-fidelity-the-art-and-science-of-trust/
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What could possibly be wrong with this article?
#Disinformation
www.ssph-journal.org/journals/int...
6 months ago
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6 months ago
āCreativity is a wild mind and a disciplined eye.ā - Dorothy Parker, US poet, writer and wit
#WomensArt
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Kim Eggleton
6 months ago
What does citation manipulation look like and how has it changed with the growth of paper mills? A summary of COPEās recent Citation Manipulation Lightning Talk and discussion is now available. Add your comments discussion:
ow.ly/ZacF50W2rVS
#CitationManipulation
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Citation manipulation: lightning talk summary
Kim Eggleton (COPE Council) and Leslie McIntosh (Digital Science) discussed what citation manipulation looks like, how it has changed with the growth of paper mills, and what editors can do about it.
https://ow.ly/ZacF50W2rVS
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Okay US
#Americans
, label these countries without looking them up.
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
Let's start with having the current US president label them.
#Geography
#Integrity
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See the 19 countries Trumpās travel ban affects
Mapping all the countries from which President Donald Trumpās executive order would restrict travel to the United States.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2025/06/05/trump-travel-ban-countries-map
6 months ago
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John Morales
6 months ago
Cuts have consequences, illustrated. As seen on TV šŗ
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The Art of a Crime: Fictitious Authors in Science -- a FoSci talk coming to the fantastic BRIC (Bibliometrics and Research Impact Community) Conference in MontrƩal, Canada, on June 5 (
www.bric-conference.ca/en/program
)
#ResearchIntegrity
#ScienceFraud
#BRIC2025
#Bibliometrics
#Talk
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Inuit artist Kenojuak Ashevak rose to prominence in the 1950s with her experimental printmaking and is one of many indigenous women artists who have employed the medium to create intriguing and important artworks
#ReframingWomenPrintnakers
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Science Manipulations Myth 1: I donāt cite bad papers, so manipulated science doesnāt matter. Truth: Manipulations of science affect everyone ā more than you think. Read more in my latest blog on Science Manipulations.
#Research
#Integrity
#FoSci
fosci.substack.com/i/163684724/...
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Science Manipulations: Myths and Truths
When people hear about the messier side of science, they often push back (still). Not necessarily because they donāt believe...
https://fosci.substack.com/i/163684724/myth-i-dont-cite-bad-papers-so-manipulated-science-doesnt-matter
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6 months ago
š£ NEW: The Top 7 Myths of Science Manipulation - as shared by our VP of
#ResearchIntegrity
, Dr Leslie McIntosh.
@mcintold.bsky.social
Leslie's busting myths and speaking truths. Do any of these connect with you? š See her latest post on the
#FoSci
Substack:
fosci.substack.com/p/science-ma...
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7 months ago
A NEW womensart book! Out June 1st! Availabke to PRE-ORDER at any good bookstore š§” Be the 1st to get your copy!
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Stunning photographic art.
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7 months ago
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We developed the Taxonomy of Disinformation because words matter. If we canāt name the tactics used to corrode trust in science, how can we fight them?
#FoSci
#Integrity
#Disinformation
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Combatting Truth Decay
A Taxonomy of Scholarly Disinformation
https://open.substack.com/pub/fosci/p/combatting-truth-decay?r=2xom9l&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
7 months ago
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Digital Science
7 months ago
š£ NEW: "Combatting Truth Decay" - our VP of Research Integrity
@mcintold.bsky.social
discusses disinformation & manipulation in scholarly research & publishing. š See her post on Substack about the Taxonomy of Disinformation:
fosci.substack.com/p/combatting...
#ResearchIntegrity
#FoSci
#scholcomm
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David Green, PhD
7 months ago
Whoās with me?
#PeerReview
ensures the integrity of scientific knowledge. Science isnāt social media, and itās dangerous to treat it as such. For this reason, I believe preprints serve an anti-science agenda & threaten our fields. Check out my editorial in
@ScholarlyKitchen.bsky.social
. š§Ŗ
#SciPub
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Guest Post:Ā Preprints Serve the Anti-science Agenda ā This Is Why We Need Peer Review - The Scholarly Kitchen
Science is built on a foundation of rigor and credibility. Preprints are adding to the crumbling of that foundation, which is already under attack by anti-science political agendas.
https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/04/17/guest-post-preprints-serve-the-anti-science-agenda-this-is-why-we-need-peer-review/
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"Letās not ruin a good meal with bad ingredients. Trust needs to be baked in from the start." Trust is a Manual Override
open.substack.com/pub/fosci/p/...
Read the latest from
#FoSci
on
#Research
and
#Trust
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Trust is a Manual Override
AI doesnāt taste the outcome of what it produces. Humans do.
https://open.substack.com/pub/fosci/p/trust-is-a-manual-override?r=2xom9l&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
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Amazing how outsourcing up-skills.
www.financialexpress.com/world-news/t...
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Trump tariffs: Chinese manufacturers flood TikTok with videos of how luxury brands make in China
People in China have taken to TikTok in retaliation to Trumpās tariffs, posting videos that reveal how many luxury brands depend on Chinese manufacturing and cheap labour to produce their products. Th...
https://www.financialexpress.com/world-news/trump-tariffs-on-china-backfires-tiktok-flooded-with-videos-of-luxury-brands-chinese-manufacturing/3809085/
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Graham Kendall
8 months ago
New PhD position to study paper mills - Research Information
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New PhD position to study paper mills - Research Information
Outputs are aimed at "advancing knowledge and produce actionable insights for the whole research community"
https://buff.ly/Z6IHRiG
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