The Medical Evidence Project -- one of the six projects at our parent nonprofit, The Center For Scientific Integrity -- is hiring an intern! Work with @jamesheathers.bsky.social

Researchers in India fear they may lose access to academic papers after an Indian court’s decision to block the pirate website Sci-Hub — my latest for @cenmag.bsky.social: cen.acs.org/policy/publi...

Peer reviewers whose work is cited in the studies they are refereeing are significantly more likely to recommend accepting those papers than if their work is not cited, a new study has found. cen.acs.org/policy/publi... #chemsky 🧪

Researchers in India fear they may lose access to academic papers after an Indian court’s decision to block the pirate website Sci-Hub — my latest for @cenmag.bsky.social: cen.acs.org/policy/publi...

Peer reviewers whose work is cited in the studies they are refereeing are significantly more likely to recommend accepting those papers than if their work is not cited, a new study has found. cen.acs.org/policy/publi... #chemsky 🧪 #phdsky #academicsky #STEM #phdchat #academicchatter

Peer reviewers are more likely to recommend accepting papers that cite their work — my latest for @cenmag.bsky.social: cen.acs.org/policy/publi... @aidybarnett.bsky.social

Peer reviewers are more likely to recommend accepting papers that cite their work — my latest for @cenmag.bsky.social: cen.acs.org/policy/publi... @aidybarnett.bsky.social

The large language model–based chatbot ChatGPT fails to highlight the validity concerns with scientific papers that have been retracted or have been the subject of other editorial notices, according to a new study. cen.acs.org/policy/publi... #chemsky 🧪

ChatGPT ignores retractions of scientific papers — my latest for @cenmag.bsky.social: cen.acs.org/policy/publi... @mikethelwall.bsky.social, @wisewoman.bsky.social

My latest for @retractionwatch.com: retractionwatch.com/2025/08/08/d...

I spoke to Savina Kirilova about misuse of ResearchGate for @nature.com: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Companies that broker and facilitate scientific fraud are large, resilient, and growing rapidly, according to a new study. cen.acs.org/policy/publi... #chemsky 🧪

Paper mills are ‘growing rapidly’ — my latest for @cenmag.bsky.social: cen.acs.org/policy/publi... @reeserichardson.bsky.social, @clarivate.com, @tandfresearch.bsky.social

I spoke to Savina Kirilova about misuse of ResearchGate for @nature.com: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

“Our main takeaway is we have no clue how large the problem is and how quickly this may overtake legitimate literature,” Richardson says. “But it’s clear that it’s already surpassed in scale the intervention measures that are designed to contain it.” Story on paper mills by @dalmeet.bsky.social

Paper mills are ‘growing rapidly’ — my latest for @cenmag.bsky.social: cen.acs.org/policy/publi... @reeserichardson.bsky.social, @clarivate.com, @tandfresearch.bsky.social

My latest for @cenmag.bsky.social: cen.acs.org/policy/resea... @ludowaltman.bsky.social, @jameswilsdon.bsky.social

The UK government’s metascience unit, launched last year, released its first results on June 30. The study found that distributed peer review shortens the assessment and decision-making process for grant applications. cen.acs.org/policy/resea... #chemsky 🧪

My latest for @cenmag.bsky.social: cen.acs.org/policy/resea... @ludowaltman.bsky.social, @jameswilsdon.bsky.social

Currently listening to a recorded message from Ukrainian science minister about changes being introduced at the country’s universities at #Metascience2025. Would love to hear the same for Gaza’s universities (if there are any left). #FreePalestineNow #EndTheGenocide

More about the discussions around using the impact factor to evaluate researchers in the Netherlands. #Metascience2025 www.nature.com/nature-index...

About the UK's metascience unit: www.nature.com/articles/d41... #Metascience2025

Case of Quantitative Science Studies being formed by the former editorial board members of Journal of Informetrics in 2019 mentioned by @kylesiler.bsky.social at #Metascience2025: www.nature.com/articles/d41... @ludowaltman.bsky.social, @crsugimoto.bsky.social

The @retractionwatch.com mass resignation list gets a shout out at #Metascience2025 by @kylesiler.bsky.social: retractionwatch.com/the-retracti...

More on reviewer fatigue: undark.org/2018/10/01/s... #Metascience2025

On ARIA: pubs.aip.org/physicstoday... #Metascience2025

About distributed peer review trial at volkswagen Foundation: nature.com/articles/d41... #Metascience2025

And use of distributed peer review at @eso.org to allocate telescope slots: pubs.aip.org/physicstoday... #Metascience2025

About distributed peer review trial at volkswagen Foundation: nature.com/articles/d41... #Metascience2025

About the UK's metascience unit: www.nature.com/articles/d41... #Metascience2025

. @dalmeet.bsky.social doesn't read press releases. He advices to set up alarms on topics of interest or social media, look for review and meta-analysis papers, negative findings, or debunking information. #abswss25

I spoke to @raphavisses.bsky.social about how he blew the whistle on a colleague — my latest for @chemistryworld.com: www.chemistryworld.com/news/how-i-b...

Many thanks to Copyright Agency Australia (‪@Copyright.com.au‬) for another royalties payment today. Freelance journalists/academics/writers: become members of the Copyright Agency Australia (regardless of where you are based in the world) to receive secondary royalty payments for your works!

At the end of May, Jolanda Spadavecchia was banned from conducting research for two years after multiple research integrity breaches. @raphavisses.bsky.social, a physicist at Sorbonne Paris North University, blew the whistle on Spadavecchia. @dalmeet.bsky.social spoke to Lévy to find out more.

A group of research integrity experts has launched a series of guidelines on how to be an effective sleuth. My latest for @chemistryworld.com: www.chemistryworld.com/news/guideli... @reeserichardson.bsky.social, @jabyrnesci.bsky.social

I spoke to @raphavisses.bsky.social about how he blew the whistle on a colleague — my latest for @chemistryworld.com: www.chemistryworld.com/news/how-i-b...

A group of research integrity experts has launched a series of guidelines on how to be an effective sleuth. My latest for @chemistryworld.com: www.chemistryworld.com/news/guideli... @reeserichardson.bsky.social, @jabyrnesci.bsky.social

Scientists are concerned about the potential of being banned from publishing in leading medical journals after comments from Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the US secretary of health and human services. My latest for @cenmag.bsky.social: cen.acs.org/policy/publi... @angierasmussen.bsky.social

Scientists are concerned about the potential of being banned from publishing in leading medical journals after comments from Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the US secretary of health and human services. My latest for @cenmag.bsky.social: cen.acs.org/policy/publi... @angierasmussen.bsky.social

Here's one to watch! Science-integrity project will root out bad medical papers ‘and tell everyone’ group behind @retractionwatch.com is on a roll. @jamesheathers.bsky.social heading the new effort www.nature.com/articles/d41...

In the last three decades, studies authored by chemists working in industry in the Journal of Medicinal Chemistry has decreased by 70%. I explore why at @cenmag.bsky.social: cen.acs.org/business/don... #ChemSky

A chemist at the French National Center for Scientific Research has received a two-year research ban for repeated research integrity breaches. My latest for @chemistryworld.com: www.chemistryworld.com/news/french-... @floriannaudet.bsky.social, @raphavisses.bsky.social #ChemSky

🚨JOURNALISM JOB ALERT🚨 @propublica.org is hiring a Senior Editor to join our National staff and lead a team of some of the best investigative reporters in the country! Details, including salary range, and application are all here 👇👇

Fake AI-generated histological images will cause headaches for journals. My latest for @nature.com: www.nature.com/articles/d41... @badscientists.mstdn.science.ap.brid.gy, @chhavic.bsky.social

In the last three decades, studies authored by chemists working in industry in the Journal of Medicinal Chemistry has decreased by 70%. I explore why at @cenmag.bsky.social: cen.acs.org/business/don... #ChemSky

A chemist at the French National Center for Scientific Research has received a two-year research ban for repeated research integrity breaches. My latest for @chemistryworld.com: www.chemistryworld.com/news/french-... @floriannaudet.bsky.social, @raphavisses.bsky.social #ChemSky

Eight companies are selling authorships of UK design registrations to academics in India in an attempt to exploit intellectual property to manipulate researchers’ academic standing. My latest for @chemistryworld.com: www.chemistryworld.com/news/eight-c... @reeserichardson.bsky.social

In 2023, the University of Córdoba in Spain suspended a chemist for claiming on his papers he was affiliated with Saudi & Russian Universities. Now, the Kremlin has awarded him an honorary professorship. My latest for @cenmag.bsky.social: cen.acs.org/people/Russi... @manuelansede.bsky.social

Environmental Health Perspectives & the Journal of Health and Pollution — both funded by the NIH — pause publication after receiving letters from @thejusticedepart.bsky.social. My latest for @cenmag.bsky.social: cen.acs.org/policy/publi... @sotoxicology.bsky.social @danielgorelick.bsky.social

Eight companies are selling authorships of UK design registrations to academics in India in an attempt to exploit intellectual property to manipulate researchers’ academic standing. My latest for @chemistryworld.com: www.chemistryworld.com/news/eight-c... @reeserichardson.bsky.social