After working with our community, @plosone.org has introduced stringent requirements for publishing Mendelian randomization studies. Our experiences with this study type and expectations for authors are published in this Editorial: journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

Open science empowers transparency and scrutiny. See how our editorial checks and review processes protect the scientific record at every stage. plos.io/3MsfiP2 #ResearchIntegrity #PublicationEthics #TrustInScience

Our new paper is out in PLOS Biology! I'm very conflicted about the project: proud because it feels like the most important project I've ever been a part of, but also very sad that we found so many problems in our field. Read the paper here: journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...

Next: Renee Hoch from @plos.org with:'Sustainable Approaches to Upholding High Integrity Standards in the Face of Large-Scale Threats: Insights From PLOS One' @plosone.org has adaptable system-wide screening to screen for integrity issues on a large scale. #PRC10

The PLOS Publication Ethics team is hiring a Senior Editor with experience handling large-scale cases... paper mills, peer review integrity, manipulation of the publication process. Please consider applying if this sounds like your cup of tea! ☕ UK link: lnkd.in/eG9Ws2qk US link: lnkd.in/eup-ZrK9

The PLOS Publication Ethics team is hiring a Senior Editor with experience handling large-scale cases... paper mills, peer review integrity, manipulation of the publication process. Please consider applying if this sounds like your cup of tea! ☕ UK link: lnkd.in/eG9Ws2qk US link: lnkd.in/eup-ZrK9

The PLOS Publication Ethics team is expanding further, looking for an Associate Editor to strengthen our team (permanent contract, fully remote, UK and select USA states only). See info below: UK link: job-boards.eu.greenhouse.io/plos/jobs/46... USA link: job-boards.eu.greenhouse.io/plos/jobs/46...

I am recruiting - if you have a background in plant mol cell bio, a keen interest in sustainability and planetary health and are looking to move away from the bench, this may be for you! Have a 👀 and please reach out if Qs 1yr FTC, remote in the UK job-boards.eu.greenhouse.io/plos/jobs/46...

We're looking for two people to join our team! 🥳 If you have experience with image integrity or editorial operations, consider applying for these roles! #ResearchIntegrity #JobAlert

Amazingly detailed resources for anyone involved in post-publication review. I'm sure this will inspire and support anyone who finds themselves sleuthing or wants to become (or is already! 👋) a publication ethics editor!

Fantastic coverage of Matt Spick &co's @plosbiology.org paper on #AI & #PaperMills by Miryam Naddaf in @nature.com & @cathleenogrady.bsky.social @science.org www.nature.com/articles/d41... www.science.org/content/arti... - original paper: plos.io/3RWgNog

This is a must-read. Csaba Szabó, the author of Unreliable, was approached by a paper mill, and he decided to conduct a sting operation. He documented how paper mills operate. forbetterscience.com/2025/05/19/a...

Winner! Congratulations on winning this round. Here is another one: 🏅

Very good! I will make you the sole winner of this round. Congratulations on winning that shiny award! 🏅 Here is what I found (with the help of ImageTwin):

"PLOS will not compromise on issues of scientific rigor and editorial integrity... Research thrives when rooted in the open exchange of ideas, different perspectives, and international cooperation."

DEIA and Doing the Right Thing scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/02/11/d...

A familiar story for many PhD students... The cell line doesn't act the same as described in the article, the mouse phenotype doesn't replicate, the supervisor tells them it's their fault 😮‍💨

PLOS One are hiring! 🎉 A lovely team to work with, and ideal job if you want to be at the front line of publishing and are coming from an early career editorial role, finishing your PhD or looking for a life outside academia

Would you like to join the fight against paper mills? Now's your chance! #ResearchIntegrity #PublicationEthics #JobAlert

Opinion: Publishers need more help to combat malicious academic networks, writes Kim Eggleton #highered #EduSky

We're thrilled to announce the creation of the Retraction Watch Sleuth in Residence Program.

A sense of sham: From retirement, David Bimler has embarked on a second career: exposing fraudulent research | @smutclyde.bsky.social |

Read this if you have any doubt about how paper mills could 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘺 circumvent the sanctity of peer review. I've even seen similar approaches & I work in publication ethics! So blatant 🚨

🚨 NEWS: #ResearchIntegrity supporters have signed the Paris Declaration, calling for data-driven forensics - Forensic Scientometrics #FoSci - to spearhead the fight against fake science. See comments from @mcintold.bsky.social & @gcabanac.cpesr.fr: 🔗 www.digital-science.com/news/paris-d...

Excellent history of genAI in scientific articles. The horse has well and truly bolted, with ChatGPT just the latest tool. There needs to be consensus about responsible use of AI in "hybrid creation" & disclosure by authors. #ResearchIntegrity

And the Xodus continues... 🦋 Welcome to the party @plos.org!

How to communicate the importance & nuance of reproducibility in science to a lay audience via Christmas tree meringue randomised control trail🎄 Serious topic but very delish & seasonal! I sense an #IgNobelPrize2025 even if some results were "little green turds!"

An extra fun one today for the #ImageForensics fans! 🕵️

Hey folks, have you seen I'm hiring? Library/research support folks are particularly encouraged to apply - anyone with knowledge of open research, FAIR data, repositories, even if that knowledge is theoretical & you've not had a chance to put it into practice yet! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DKY715/r...

The STM Integrity hub is such a beautiful example of community led innovation. Huge thanks and credit to Joris, Hylke, Ivo and the many others working so hard on this.

Great to hear about the cross-stakeholder work to improve standards, training & awareness across the whole publishing ecosystem. STM out on a great day bringing people together to compare notes and figure out solutions!

STM Integrity Day heard from the sleuth community, dome eye opening examples of dodgy behaviour 👀 But great that they think publishers are improving at research integrity & excellent recommendations for how we can improve further

Vibes of STM session 3 all about networks of dodgy authors, reviewers and citation patterns.

I'm at STM Integrity Day, and the first session about identity verification has convinced me that publishers should have been verifying authors, reviewers & EBMs all along. Review fraud might not be as tempting if they all have to prove they exist!

This is my kind of Advent calendar! Looking forward to more daily #ResearchIntegrity treats 🎁

I'm sure this Science story on how systematic reviews are threatened by paper mills is good, but the illustration by Sara Gironi Carnevale is great saragironicarnevale.com Story: https://www.science.org/content/article/systematic-reviews-aim-extract-broad-conclusions-many-studies-are-peril

Are papermills a disruptive innovation? clearskiesadam.medium.com/what-luck-72...

The Economist covered our "Strain on scientific publishing" paper. What is this all about? We collectively churn out more & more papers *per scientist*, an increasing pace, in a rapidly changing publication landscape. Why? How? Want to make sense of this? 🧵 www.economist.com/science-and-...

Optimist: the cup is half full. Pessimist: the cup is half empty. Publication Ethics Editor: the half full cup in Fig 1 appears strikingly similar to the half empty cup in Fig 5 despite representing different experimental conditions. Please provide the underlying data.

A call to arms from United2Act! To have a chance in the fight against paper mills, more research, education and funding are needed. Essential reading for #ResearchIntegrity folks.

Rounding off #PublicationIntegrityWeek, Maria does a deep dive into handling problems with ethics approval for human & animal studies... She's unfortunately seen it all!

Tired of trying to detect papermills? Aries and Clear Skies have got you covered! Seamless papermill detection in your Editorial Manager workflow. www.ariessys.com/blog/combatt...

Publishing Integrity Week Day 4. Today, I will be talking about the publication ethics topic I am most passionate about: image integrity. 🧵

Publishing integrity day 3. Today I will share more information about redundant publications, specifically two related topics: dual submission/publication and salami slicing. 🧵

Chilling evidence of widespread authorship for sale from @nhwise.bsky.social & @abalkina.bsky.social in their talks for COPE’s #PublicationIntegrityWeek. Solutions will require cross-industry systematic changes, like those discussed earlier by United2Act.

Day 4 of COPE’s #PublicationIntegrityWeek is all about paper mills & how to fight them. Great to hear updates from United2Act about their “formidable alliance” of working groups across all stakeholders & all the work they’re doing on many fronts.

Great to see a publisher being transparent about their publication ethics work. @biologists.bsky.social should be applauded for their efforts to find issues pre-publication... must be doing something right as they had 0 retractions in 2023 🎉

Day 3 of COPE's #PublicationIntegrityWeek kicked off with session from STM & Frontiers about the use of AI tools in detecting markers of fraud (e.g. image manipulation, paper mill similarity, peer review networks). Unusually optimistic discussion... it's not all doom & gloom!

🚨Job Alert: The PLOS Publication Ethics team are looking for a Publishing Editor! If you have experience in publishing operations and are really interested in #ResearchIntegrity, this might be the job for you! More here -> job-boards.eu.greenhouse.io/plos/jobs/44...

Authors beware: undeclared competing interests can have very bad consequences for your article if they come to light after publication.