Brokers of scientific fraud are constantly innovating and expanding. Companies looking to spot and tackle their activities are doing the same. cen.acs.org/policy/publi... #chemsky 🧪

As Elsevier sues Meta over AI, other scholarly publishers are keeping a watchful eye Some publishers have instead pursued licensing deals with AI companies for training large language models: cen.acs.org/policy/publi... #chemsky 🧪

Brokers of scientific fraud are constantly innovating and expanding. Companies looking to spot and tackle their activities are doing the same. My latest feature for @cenmag.bsky.social: cen.acs.org/policy/publi... @clearskiesadam.bsky.social, @stmassoc.bsky.social, @gcabanac.cpesr.fr #WCRI2026

As Elsevier files a lawsuit against Meta, other scholarly publishers are keeping a close watch — my latest for @cenmag.bsky.social: cen.acs.org/policy/publi... @lisalibrarian.bsky.social, @authorsalliance.bsky.social

As Elsevier files a lawsuit against Meta, other scholarly publishers are keeping a close watch — my latest for @cenmag.bsky.social: cen.acs.org/policy/publi... @lisalibrarian.bsky.social, @authorsalliance.bsky.social

Brokers of scientific fraud are constantly innovating and expanding. Companies looking to spot and tackle their activities are doing the same. My latest feature for @cenmag.bsky.social: cen.acs.org/policy/publi... @clearskiesadam.bsky.social, @stmassoc.bsky.social, @gcabanac.cpesr.fr #WCRI2026

OpenAlex catalogues hundreds of millions of scientific documents and charts connections between them: www.nature.com/articles/d41... #WCRI2026

ChatGPT is corrupting peer review: www.nature.com/articles/d41... #WCRI2026

Study finds artificial intelligence reviewers accept AI-generated scientific studies 4 out of 5 times: cen.acs.org/research-int... #WCRI2026

Researchers want a ‘nutrition label’ for academic-paper facts: www.nature.com/articles/d41... #WCRI2026

Publishers and funders should stop allowing researchers from recommending who evaluates their work: www.nature.com/nature-index... #WCRI2026

The Swiss National Science Foundation banned grant applicants from suggesting potential reviewers after an internal analysis detected biases: www.nature.com/articles/d41... #WCRI2026

British universities fail at research integrity self-regulation: www.nature.com/nature-index... #WCRI2026

ChatGPT tends to ignore retractions on scientific papers: cen.acs.org/policy/publi... #WCRI2026

Citation cartels are now masquerading as researchers in war zones or low-income countries to obtain journal fee waivers, according to @abalkina.bsky.social: cen.acs.org/research-int... #WCRI2026

$300 for 50 citations: the citation black market: www.nature.com/articles/d41... #WCRI2026

NEW: I’ve written a call to arms. Journalists are being murdered in unprecedented numbers by a Western ally that operates with total impunity. Enough. Publishers & editors have failed us. But if we can’t speak up about this, what is journalism even for? open.substack.com/pub/broligar...

Sci-Hub has created an AI chatbot. Is it any good? cen.acs.org/policy/publi... #WCRI2026

Around $1,000 can buy you first author slot on a dodgy scientific paper: cen.acs.org/policy/publi... #WCRI2026

Researchers who are using generative AI to write papers are publishing more: cen.acs.org/policy/publi... #WCRI2026

UK Committee on Research Integrity mentioned at #WCRI2026: www.chemistryworld.com/news/dedicat...

HH: 2025 Article: Ethiopia has highest rate of scientific paper retraction @dalmeet.bsky.social pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/... We studied magnitude, attitudes, and factors associated with misconduct. 37.7% of participants admitted to wrongdoing. Publish or perish mentality. #WCRI2026

Paper mill content growing faster than legitimate research, according to study by @reeserichardson.bsky.social & colleagues — which @elisabethbik.bsky.social mentioned in her talk at #WCRI2026: cen.acs.org/policy/publi...

Posting this in light of discussion at #WCRI2026 by @elisabethbik.bsky.social & colleagues. www.chemistryworld.com/news/legal-t...

COSIG guidelines being discussed at #WCRI2026 reported here: www.chemistryworld.com/news/guideli...

Code of conduct for sleuthing being discussed at #WCRI2026 reported here: cen.acs.org/research-int...

AI chatbots aren’t yet completing online research surveys widely, according to a new study. My latest for @retractionwatch.com: retractionwatch.com/2026/04/30/a... @joinprolific.bsky.social, @davmicrot.bsky.social, @justinsulik.bsky.social, @seanjwestwood.bsky.social

Are AI chatbots infiltrating online survey data? Not yet, says new study

AI chatbots aren’t yet completing online research surveys widely, according to a new study. My latest for @retractionwatch.com: retractionwatch.com/2026/04/30/a... @joinprolific.bsky.social, @davmicrot.bsky.social, @justinsulik.bsky.social, @seanjwestwood.bsky.social

The average cost of buying the first-author slot on a scientific publication that has nothing to do with you is just over $1,030, according to a new analysis of social media advertisements by major brokers of fraudulent scientific papers. cen.acs.org/policy/publi... #chemsky 🧪

'$1,000 for first author': Study of paper mill adverts reveals cost of buying authorship on dodgy scientific papers. My latest for @cenmag.bsky.social: cen.acs.org/policy/publi... @abalkina.bsky.social, @reeserichardson.bsky.social, @image-integrity.bsky.social, @jabyrnesci.bsky.social

'$1,000 for first author': Study of paper mill adverts reveals cost of buying authorship on dodgy scientific papers. My latest for @cenmag.bsky.social: cen.acs.org/policy/publi... @abalkina.bsky.social, @reeserichardson.bsky.social, @image-integrity.bsky.social, @jabyrnesci.bsky.social

Sci-Hub, a pirate website that illegally hosts tens of millions of scientific papers, has launched an artificial intelligence–based chatbot that mines the database and answers questions based on what it retrieves. Read more: cen.acs.org/policy/publi... #chemsky 🧪

SCOOP: Sci-Hub, the largest illegal database of scientific papers, has released a new AI chatbot. Is it any good? My latest for @cenmag.bsky.social: cen.acs.org/policy/publi... @casey.greenelab.com, @amaddi.bsky.social

SCOOP: Sci-Hub, the largest illegal database of scientific papers, has released a new AI chatbot. Is it any good? My latest for @cenmag.bsky.social: cen.acs.org/policy/publi... @casey.greenelab.com, @amaddi.bsky.social

For @cenmag.bsky.social, I spoke to Mu Yang (@mumumouse2.bsky.social) about her plunge into chemistry research integrity sleuthing: cen.acs.org/research-int...

Mu Yang is happy with her gig at Columbia University, where by day she studies mouse neurobehavior. But by night, she turns into a research integrity sleuth, focusing on something entirely unrelated to her discipline: problems with images in chemistry papers. #chemsky 🧪

For @cenmag.bsky.social, I spoke to Mu Yang (@mumumouse2.bsky.social) about her plunge into chemistry research integrity sleuthing: cen.acs.org/research-int...

At @undark.org, I argue that scientific journals need dedicated, paid fact-checkers to spot mistakes before they are published: undark.org/2026/04/09/o...

China leads the world in retractions at all 10 of the major publishers examined in the sample from the Retraction Watch Database. @dalmeet.bsky.social @retractionwatch.com www.chemistryworld.com/news/more-th...

Chemist Brett Pollard and colleagues found roughly 20 papers citing water safety standards attributed to the WHO and EPA that, according to the researchers, those agencies never produced.

The ERROR project recruits independent experts to recheck social sciences papers’ data, statistics, methodology, code; now the project plans to publish the reviews in a new peer-reviewed journal. science.org/content/arti... @dalmeet.bsky.social @science.org #reproducibility

At @undark.org, I argue that scientific journals need dedicated, paid fact-checkers to spot mistakes before they are published: undark.org/2026/04/09/o...

A project offering researchers up to 3,500 Swiss francs for finding errors in published academic papers is having trouble finding people to do the work. My latest for @science.org: www.science.org/content/arti... @erichehman.bsky.social, @malte.the100.ci, @ruben.the100.ci, @conjugateprior.org

A project offering researchers up to 3,500 Swiss francs for finding errors in published academic papers is having trouble finding people to do the work. My latest for @science.org: www.science.org/content/arti... @erichehman.bsky.social, @malte.the100.ci, @ruben.the100.ci, @conjugateprior.org

More than half of all retracted papers list academic institutions in China — my latest for @chemistryworld.com: www.chemistryworld.com/news/more-th... @malte.the100.ci

‘Most people who study retraction think that there’s not enough retraction. ‘The real story is we have to make it easier to retract,’ information scientist Jodie Schneider tells @dalmeet.bsky.social www.chemistryworld.com/news/more-th...

More than half of all retracted papers list academic institutions in China — my latest for @chemistryworld.com: www.chemistryworld.com/news/more-th... @malte.the100.ci

[email protected] organizers have apologized and altered course after issuing a policy that barred submissions from researchers at U.S.-government-sanctioned institutions — my latest for @thetransmitter.bsky.social: www.thetransmitter.org/science-and-... @tonyzador.bsky.social

Organizers of a leading neuroscience conference are trying to allay concerns after a policy that bars submissions from researchers based at institutions sanctioned by the United States government attracted intense scrutiny online. By @dalmeet.bsky.social www.thetransmitter.org/science-and-...