Australia’s Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation has closed one beamline at the country's synchrotron and scrapped plans to close another — my latest for @chemistryworld.com: www.chemistryworld.com/news/austral... #ChemSky

“You know which papers are your ‘baby’, which papers you really love." by @dalmeet.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Australia’s Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation has closed one beamline at the country's synchrotron and scrapped plans to close another — my latest for @chemistryworld.com: www.chemistryworld.com/news/austral... #ChemSky

Can authors' self-rankings — combined with peer review — offer a powerful way to identify highly impactful papers? My latest for @nature.com: www.nature.com/articles/d41... @emmapierson.bsky.social, @icmlconf.bsky.social, @neuripsconf.bsky.social #AI #PeerReview

Citation cartels are now using journal waivers and fake author names to target reputed chemistry journals — my latest for @cenmag.bsky.social: cen.acs.org/research-int... @abalkina.bsky.social, @smutclyde.bsky.social, @mumumouse2.bsky.social

Can authors' self-rankings — combined with peer review — offer a powerful way to identify highly impactful papers? My latest for @nature.com: www.nature.com/articles/d41... @emmapierson.bsky.social, @icmlconf.bsky.social, @neuripsconf.bsky.social #AI #PeerReview

The journal @nature.com has corrected a highly-cited study about a robot chemist producing new materials from scratch — but some questions remain unanswered. My latest for @cenmag.bsky.social: cen.acs.org/research-int... @robertpalgrave.bsky.social #ChemSky

The prominent scientific journal Nature has corrected a highly cited study about a robot designed to synthesize entirely new materials from scratch, but critics say their concerns haven’t been fully addressed. cen.acs.org/research-int... #chemsky 🧪

Weekend reads: Why 500 retractions per month matter; another EOC for former Stanford president; and an argument for ‘slow science’

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Lithium mining study is retracted despite authors’ protests Parties connected to mining projects in Serbia prompted the retraction, one author claims. cen.acs.org/research-int... #chemsky 🧪

The journal @nature.com has corrected a highly-cited study about a robot chemist producing new materials from scratch — but some questions remain unanswered. My latest for @cenmag.bsky.social: cen.acs.org/research-int... @robertpalgrave.bsky.social #ChemSky

The year 2026 didn't start off kindly for Dr Vijayalakshmi S. Apparently somebody stole her study, sent it to a paper mill, which then sold its authorship slots, and published it in a journal. My latest for @retractionwatch.com: retractionwatch.com/2026/01/26/s...

The year 2026 didn't start off kindly for Dr Vijayalakshmi S. Apparently somebody stole her study, sent it to a paper mill, which then sold its authorship slots, and published it in a journal. My latest for @retractionwatch.com: retractionwatch.com/2026/01/26/s...

The man who discovered that S’s paper was probably sold on Telegram knew about paper mills because he had previously paid 10,000 INR with the hope of receiving help in publishing quickly in a journal indexed by Scopus.

The authors of a study about the environmental effects of exploratory drilling for a proposed lithium mine in Serbia say their analysis was retracted at the behest of employees working for the mining company, who allegedly sent criticisms of the paper to the journal. cen.acs.org/research-int... 🧪

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A study about environmental effects of exploratory mining in Serbia's Jadar Valley has been retracted despite protests from the authors of the paper — my latest for @cenmag.bsky.social: cen.acs.org/research-int... #ChemSky

A study about environmental effects of exploratory mining in Serbia's Jadar Valley has been retracted despite protests from the authors of the paper — my latest for @cenmag.bsky.social: cen.acs.org/research-int... #ChemSky

Tools fail to identify most AI-generated peer-review reports, say researchers, who warn that the issue is only getting worse. go.nature.com/3MTmdAR

Tools fail to identify most AI-generated peer-review reports, say researchers, who warn that the issue is only getting worse. My latest for @nature.com: www.nature.com/articles/d41... #PeerReview

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Tools fail to identify most AI-generated peer-review reports, say researchers, who warn that the issue is only getting worse. My latest for @nature.com: www.nature.com/articles/d41... #PeerReview

UK-based research integrity sleuth (Sholto David) will receive more than $2.6 million as part of a settlement with Dana-Farber Cancer Institute — my latest for @cenmag.bsky.social: cen.acs.org/research-int...

Researchers who are using generative AI to write papers are publishing more papers — my latest for @cenmag.bsky.social: cen.acs.org/policy/publi... @yianyin.bsky.social, @mathijsdevaan.bsky.social, @jameszou.bsky.social

Researchers who are using generative AI to write papers are publishing more papers — my latest for @cenmag.bsky.social: cen.acs.org/policy/publi... @yianyin.bsky.social, @mathijsdevaan.bsky.social, @jameszou.bsky.social

UK-based research integrity sleuth (Sholto David) will receive more than $2.6 million as part of a settlement with Dana-Farber Cancer Institute — my latest for @cenmag.bsky.social: cen.acs.org/research-int...

AI, robots, duplicates, calls for retraction, Nature studies, crystallography databases, data integrity — enjoyed writing this story! My latest feature for @cenmag.bsky.social: cen.acs.org/research-int... #ChemSky

AI, robots, duplicates, calls for retraction, Nature studies, crystallography databases, data integrity — enjoyed writing this story! My latest feature for @cenmag.bsky.social: cen.acs.org/research-int... #ChemSky

Physicists are split on whether generative AI is having a net positive or negative effect on the field. My latest for Physics Magazine: physics.aps.org/articles/v18... @briandavidearp.bsky.social, @danielucko.bsky.social

Physicists are split on whether generative AI is having a net positive or negative effect on the field. My latest for Physics Magazine: physics.aps.org/articles/v18... @briandavidearp.bsky.social, @danielucko.bsky.social

"The authors didn’t disclose financial compensation they received from Monsanto for their work on a ghostwritten paper about the herbicide’s safety" My latest for @cenmag.bsky.social: cen.acs.org/research-int... @naomioreskes.bsky.social, @undark.org

"The authors didn’t disclose financial compensation they received from Monsanto for their work on a ghostwritten paper about the herbicide’s safety" My latest for @cenmag.bsky.social: cen.acs.org/research-int... @naomioreskes.bsky.social, @undark.org

The European Commission has been ordered to pay damages and court costs to a researcher after its European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) published defamatory statements accusing her of misuse of grant funding five years ago — my latest for @chemistryworld.com: www.chemistryworld.com/news/researc...

The @ukri.org is opening up between 1,000-2,000 of its past grant applications to test out if it can/should make use of generative AI. My latest for @chemistryworld.com: www.chemistryworld.com/news/ukri-op... @mikethelwall.bsky.social

Why are the first papers of every volume of @springernature.com online-only journals cited significantly more? My latest for @chemistryworld.com: www.chemistryworld.com/news/why-are... @neesjanvaneck.bsky.social, @crossref.bsky.social

UKRI has opened up its archives on grants in the hope that AI can be trained on it and, in future, help reviewers speed up the peer review process.

The @ukri.org is opening up between 1,000-2,000 of its past grant applications to test out if it can/should make use of generative AI. My latest for @chemistryworld.com: www.chemistryworld.com/news/ukri-op... @mikethelwall.bsky.social

Why are the first papers of every volume of @springernature.com online-only journals cited significantly more? My latest for @chemistryworld.com: www.chemistryworld.com/news/why-are... @neesjanvaneck.bsky.social, @crossref.bsky.social

. @rebeccasear.bsky.social is on a mission to get all studies using a database linking #IQ and race retracted. I spoke to her for @retractionwatch.com to find out more: retractionwatch.com/2025/11/25/m...

Rebecca Sear is on a mission to convince publishers to retract articles that use a database that purports to rank countries based on intelligence.

. @rebeccasear.bsky.social is on a mission to get all studies using a database linking #IQ and race retracted. I spoke to her for @retractionwatch.com to find out more: retractionwatch.com/2025/11/25/m...

. @alcs.co.uk members: you have until Monday to vote for @richardfisher.bsky.social to elect him as a director. Would be great to have someone with knowledge of tech to guide the organisation through issues with copyright/credit/remuneration in the era of generative AI!

A Greek researcher has won her court battle against the EU's anti-corruption agency that accused her of misuse of grant funding 5 years ago. An EU court ruled that the fraud agency breached her confidentiality and violated her presumption of innocence.

The European Commission has been ordered to pay damages and court costs to a researcher after its European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) published defamatory statements accusing her of misuse of grant funding five years ago — my latest for @chemistryworld.com: www.chemistryworld.com/news/researc...

AI reviewers recommended accepting AI-generated studies up to 82% of the time — my latest for @cenmag.bsky.social: cen.acs.org/research-int... @jameszou.bsky.social

Anyone know who edits opinion articles at Scientific American?

A new Google Scholar tool quantifies how much credit each study author gets — my latest for @nature.com: www.nature.com/articles/d41... @michaelgusenbauer.bsky.social

I'm quoted in the new guidelines launched by @sagepub.com and @senseaboutsci.bsky.social aiming to elevate the role of information curators in combating misinformation: senseaboutscience.org/wp-content/u...

Scientists are voicing their concerns over two beamlines at the Australian Synchrotron are at risk of closure because of a lack of funding.