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It happened again,
@tkes.bsky.social
strikes again! Another retraction for professional
#papermill
#fraud
Victor Sunday Aigbodion. How long till he ends up in the
@retractionwatch.com
leaderboard?
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about 2 hours ago
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Big news on
#papermill
#fraud
Christian Sonne from
@aarhusuniint.bsky.social
! He got his second retraction. Despite C. Sonne being a total fraud his university supports him completely in his paper mill antics! Universities are the reason these frauds continue and start! Aarhus university loves fraud
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2 days ago
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Another retraction for Kuan Shiong Khoo, nr. 8!. He was a PhD student under the legendary
#papermill
#fraud
Pau Loke Show (18 retractions already). Kuan Shiong Khoo continues his fraud at the uan Ze Univ in Taiwan. The
@uniofnottingham.bsky.social
doesn't care about the
#fraud
.
5 days ago
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Adrian Covaci from.
@uantwerpen.be
turns
@elsevierconnect.bsky.social
journals into
#papermill
safe havens! He did it with STOTEN and now he does it with Environment International! Here he seems to have edited his own paper! A new low?
11 days ago
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Publishing
#fraud
is rampant yet still highly ignored or underestimated!
ascopost.com/news/october...
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How the Proliferation of Fraudulent Scientific Papers Is Threatening the Integrity of Cancer Research
There is a perception among many scientists that scientific fraud is a rare occurrence, resulting from the actions of a few isolated bad actors. However, an extensive investigation by Reese A.K. Richa...
https://ascopost.com/news/october-2025/how-the-proliferation-of-fraudulent-scientific-papers-is-threatening-the-integrity-of-cancer-research/
16 days ago
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Retraction nr 28 (!!!) for
#papermill
#fraud
Hitler Louis! He has published nothing but paper mill crap! When oh when will publishers learn? Hitler Louis on his way to enter the
@retractionwatch.com
leaderboard?
25 days ago
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Something does not add up! Can you spot it? Published in Discover Plants, a journal used by
#papermill
authors 👇
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
28 days ago
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Something tells me
@tkes.bsky.social
isn't going to get invited by Victor Sunday Aigbodion for sunday roast! Another retraction for
#papermill
#fraud
Victor Sunday Aigbodion!
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about 1 month ago
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It happened again!
@tkes.bsky.social
strikes again! One more retraction for
#papermill
#fraud
Victor Sunday Aigbodion from the University of Nigeria Nsukka
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about 1 month ago
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Well well,
@tkes.bsky.social
did it again!
#papermill
idiot Victor Sunday Aigbodion from the University of Nigeria Nsukka got another retraction! This
#fraud
has published nothing but made up papers. Finally one publishers,
@natureportfolio.nature.com
, is catching and retracting.
about 1 month ago
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Well, wiley is known to whitewash fraud at large scale, so no surprise here.
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about 1 month ago
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Retraction nr. 11 for the legendary Indian
#papermill
#fraud
Abhijit Dey who once publishes 300 papers in a single year!
about 2 months ago
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How many father-son duos are there that have retractions? Thomas Len, son of the infamous
#papermill
#fraud
Christophe Len (big buddies with major fraud Rafael Luque) got his first retraction! His father, C. Len has already 2 retractions for his fraud.
about 2 months ago
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Dealing with retractions and fraud, the case of China. A paper published in
@mdpiopenaccess.bsky.social
that discusses the problems and potential solutions. Reckoning with Retractions in Research Funding Reviews: The Case of China👇
doi.org/10.3390/publ...
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https://doi.org/10.3390/publications13030041
about 2 months ago
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Turns out that
@mdpiopenaccess.bsky.social
keeps whitewashing
#fraud
! Unbelievable. Could this be because Pau Loke Show his university is threatening with a lawsuit against
@mdpiopenaccess.bsky.social
??
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3 months ago
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Trump trying to influence
@wikipedia.org
. No surprise there. If it doesn't fit his narrative he will attack it. Dictator you say? What has America become?
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3 months ago
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The professional
#papermill
#fraud
Saurabh Kumar Jha suffers another retraction! He has published nothing but paper mill junk over the last few years.
@manchester.ac.uk
www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/17...
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3 months ago
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The proof that
@relxhq.bsky.social
/
@elsevierconnect.bsky.social
doesn't care about ethics. The EIC, Cecília Maria Almeida, was found guilty of manipulation, editing her own paper, in short
#fraud
. Her paper got retracted, yet a year later she is still EIC! Let this sink in!
3 months ago
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Some more top notch work from Ümit Ağbulut from
@yildizedu.bsky.social
! According to the authors figures A, B and C are not the same! 👇Does anyone believe these authors?😂🤣 Ümit Ağbulut and his gang are papermill authors!
@tvonlar.bsky.social
@nowhabertv.bsky.social
pubpeer.com/publications...
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3 months ago
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Rashid Iqbal and his gang of
#papermill
authors are truly amazing! Why not put a random number to spice things up rather than just randomly putting letters to indicate significant differences.👇And it still gets published
@elsevierconnect.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1016/j.ec...
3 months ago
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Unbelievable
@mdpiopenaccess.bsky.social
calls this a correction! This not a correction this a whole new paper! 6 pages! Plus the editor was linked to the author(s)! MDPI is enabling
#fraud
! This should have been a retraction. Shame! Publishers know nothing about ethics and integrity.
3 months ago
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It's happening! Frauds are now using the names of integrity experts to smear their reputation. Read about the curious case of Dr. Mohamed Shaaban👇 It has happened before and will continue to happen if publishers don't act!
www.aljazeera.net/science/2025...
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"الجزيرة نت" ترصد أغرب وقائع الغش العلمي
“الجزيرة نت” تحاور البروفيسور المصري بجامعة تشونغ تشنغ الوطنية في تايوان، الدكتور محمد شعبان، حول وقائع الغش الأكاديمي، والتي كان ضحية لواحدة منها.
https://www.aljazeera.net/science/2025/8/18/الجزيرة-نت-ترصد-أغرب-وقائع-الغش#:~:text=“الجزيرة%20نت”%20تحاور%20البروفيسور%20المصري%20بجامعة%20تشونغ%20تشنغ,وقائع%20الغش%20الأكاديمي،%20والتي%20كان%20ضحية%20لواحدة%20منها
3 months ago
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Despite having a proven track record of
#fraud
, Mika Sillanpää is able to publish his crap all over. Here he boosts 7 (!) affiliations. What is the record of the most affiliations in 1 paper? Something tells me Sillanpää is in the top contender lists!
@elsevierconnect.bsky.social
3 months ago
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There it is, Hilter Louis, the infamous
#papermill
#fraud
, just got retraction nr 21 !!! He published more than 300 papers and pretty much all are fake paper mill papers so he can reach the
@retractionwatch.com
leaderboard for sure!
3 months ago
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I have a feeling
@reeserichardson.bsky.social
is going to like this one👇Now they already started to hide the name of the SEM machine😅😂 This paper is 100%
#papermill
#fraud
with bought authorship. This
@elsevierconnect.bsky.social
journal is massively targeted by frauds.
doi.org/10.1016/j.in...
3 months ago
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As a new shareholder I am looking forward to go to one of your annual shareholders meetings to inquire about the massive
#fraud
in
@elsevierconnect.bsky.social
journals and how the publishers fails to take care of it or even better, enables the fraud!
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3 months ago
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The
@elsevierconnect.bsky.social
journal Plant Physiology and Biochemistry did a great job! It's obvious they don't take sh*t from nobody. Jörg Rinklebe his fake data paper has been retracted in roughly 4 months! This is a major development. Will
@uni-wuppertal.bsky.social
finally do something?
3 months ago
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Will
@michiganstateu.bsky.social
investigate their unethical post doctoral researcher Pankaj Bhatt? P. Bhatt has edited multiple papers for his wife K. Bhatt.
@elsevierconnect.bsky.social
has just retracted a paper for this. They did this also in a
@frontiersmedia.bsky.social
paper👇
3 months ago
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Hard to keep up with these professional
#papermill
idiots. 2 more retractions for P. Senthil Kumar! But most likely those universities don't care. 10 retractions already for this
#fraud
.
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3 months ago
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As India’s retractions surge, NIRF rankings only now begin penalising tainted research an article 👇
www.thehindu.com/education/as...
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As India’s retractions surge, NIRF rankings only now begin penalising tainted research
Research misconduct in India, including retractions and fraud, is a growing concern, with calls for stronger oversight and legislation.
https://www.thehindu.com/education/as-indias-retractions-surge-nirf-rankings-only-now-begin-penalising-tainted-research/article69901252.ece
3 months ago
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Retraction nr 18 for the
#fraud
Pau Loke Show. Amazingly The university of Nottingham Malaysia offered him a full time full professorship contract. Why? Because they don't care! Fraud pays off, yet again! When will this stop? Retraction notice is clear: again manipulation of the review process!
3 months ago
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Retraction nr 12 (!!) for
#fraud
Eliezer Masliah. We are way beyond 'innocent mistakes' now, yet, E. Masliah is still touting his innocence. Great work again from the illustrious sleuth Dysdera arabisenen.
doi.org/10.1186/s130...
@mumumouse2.bsky.social
3 months ago
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Potentially major news! This retraction is the first of most likely many in the
#papermill
journal Environmental Pollution from
@elsevierconnect.bsky.social
. It was under the control of corrupt EIC J. Rinklebe from
@uni-wuppertal.bsky.social
3 months ago
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India to penalize universities with too many retractions👇 Will it have an effect?
@nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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India to penalize universities with too many retractions
Having a lot of withdrawn papers will soon count against institutions but some warn the policy could create issues.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-02364-6
4 months ago
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Retraction nr 15 for Victor Sunday Aigbodion! Just shortly after retraction nr 14. He is a
#papermill
#fraud
that only publishes junk. He steals from others and publishes it under his own name. Retraction by
@natureportfolio.nature.com
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4 months ago
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There it is, retractions 17, 18, 19 and 20 for professional
#papermill
#fraud
Arivalagan Pugazhendhi! Will he enter the
@retractionwatch.com
leaderboard by the end of 2025?
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4 months ago
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Another retraction for
#papermill
professional Victor Sunday Aigbodion!
@springernature.com
retracted another one of his imaginary studies!👇Doubtful his university, University of Nigeria nsukka, cares. Retraction nr. 14 already.
@tkes.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1007/s001...
4 months ago
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The legendary but mysterious P. Senthil Kumar who runs multiple Scopus accounts to hide his fraud got another retraction, nr. 8!
doi.org/10.1016/j.ch...
4 months ago
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Spanish professional
#papermill
#fraud
Daniel Balsalobre-Lorente got his first retraction! Of course his job is safe given he has a tenure track position and his university, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, couldn't care less.
4 months ago
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retractionwatch.com/2025/07/29/f...
4 months ago
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Hard to keep track of these very productive researchers such as Marek Jaszczur from AGH Krakow but these are all his 19 retractions so far collected together. Time will tell where he will end, but he is doing a great job for the moment!
4 months ago
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Retraction nr 4 for
#papermill
#fraud
Yasser Vasseghian from the Soongsil University, Korea. He is a top contender for the
@retractionwatch.com
leaderboard. When will this madness stop?
4 months ago
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Who believes this? Sanctions! Oh common stop with the stupidity.
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4 months ago
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Retraction nr 10 for one of the greatest frauds ever: Abhijit Dey. Notice also Uttpal Anand, a PhD student from @bengurionu who got kicked out because of his
#fraud
. Many other
#papermill
frauds on the paper as well! @SpringerNature might have started the cleanup!
doi.org/10.1007/s003...
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4 months ago
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The latest on research
#fraud👇
from
@forbetterscience.bsky.social
They just keep coming!
forbetterscience.com/2025/07/25/s...
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Schneider Shorts 25.07.2025 – At the borderline of scientific misconduct
Schneider Shorts 25.07.2025 – Iranian papermiller investigated in Germany and Australia, another Iranian papermiller works for Church, with magic mushrooms, big money from Turkey, corrections…
https://forbetterscience.com/2025/07/25/schneider-shorts-25-07-2025-at-the-borderline-of-scientific-misconduct/
4 months ago
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Well well
#papermill
#fraud
Arivalagan Pugazhendhi got another retraction! Retraction nr 17 already. He has published nothing but paper mill junk. He is a contender for the
@retractionwatch.com
leaderboard.
4 months ago
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More fake crap from Jörg Rinklebe from
@uni-wuppertal.bsky.social
? How long will this nonsense continue? Published in the
@elsevierconnect.bsky.social
journal Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, they have published more
#papermill
crap over the last years.
doi.org/10.1016/j.ec...
4 months ago
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And they keep coming! Another retraction for professional
#papermill
#fraud
Pau Loke Show from Khalifa University & Nottingham univeristy! This time in
@plosone.org
. And as usual: editorial and review fraud!
4 months ago
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Professional
#papermill
#fraud
Pau Loke Show Khalifa University & Nottingham university takes another hit! Retraction nr 16 for him. Notice also 2 other major frauds: Yasser Vasseghian & Hassan Karimi‑Maleh; both also very prolific paper mill frauds.
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4 months ago
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When will publishers learn? When will universities learn?
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
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Quality of scientific papers questioned as academics ‘overwhelmed’ by the millions published
Widespread mockery of AI-generated rat with giant penis in one paper brings problem to public attention
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/jul/13/quality-of-scientific-papers-questioned-as-academics-overwhelmed-by-the-millions-published
4 months ago
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