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.

"The number of publications and number of proposals submitted to a beamline isn’t really a very good metric of the importance of the research that’s done there..." My latest for @chemistryworld.com: www.chemistryworld.com/news/researc... #ChemSky

"The number of publications and number of proposals submitted to a beamline isn’t really a very good metric of the importance of the research that’s done there..." My latest for @chemistryworld.com: www.chemistryworld.com/news/researc... #ChemSky

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 have no idea what the impersonator was trying to achieve. Had the organizers not emailed me, but him, with acceptance, would he have shown up pretending to be me? This is very confusing and frankly, disturbing.”

Mohamed Shaaban was surprised when he heard that a paper listing him as an author had been published. It turns out somebody had impersonated him & paid the APC to get the paper published — only to later request it be retracted. My latest for @retractionwatch.com: retractionwatch.com/2025/10/23/c...

More than 20% of chemistry researchers have deliberately added information they believe to be incorrect into their manuscripts during the peer review process, in order to get their papers published. cen.acs.org/policy/publi... #chemsky 🧪

US-based AI company Anthropic will pay authors $1.5 billion after illegally training their AI models using their works that were available on pirate sites. My latest for @chemistryworld.com: www.chemistryworld.com/news/ai-comp... @ithakasr.bsky.social

Academics whose textbooks were used to train Anthropic's AI could receive around $3000 for each book illegally downloaded.

More than 20% of chemists have deliberately added information they believe to be incorrect into their manuscripts during peer review, a new study has found. My latest for @cenmag.bsky.social: cen.acs.org/policy/publi... @nanoporous.net, @freddie2310.bsky.social #ChemSky

More than 20% of chemists have deliberately added information they believe to be incorrect into their manuscripts during peer review, a new study has found. My latest for @cenmag.bsky.social: cen.acs.org/policy/publi... @nanoporous.net, @freddie2310.bsky.social #ChemSky

More than 97% of electron microscope images aren’t reported in peer-reviewed scientific papers, a new study has found. My latest for @chemistryworld.com: www.chemistryworld.com/news/more-th... @ananikovlab.bsky.social, @reeserichardson.bsky.social

More than 97% of electron microscope images aren’t reported in peer-reviewed scientific papers, a new study has found. My latest for @chemistryworld.com: www.chemistryworld.com/news/more-th... @ananikovlab.bsky.social, @reeserichardson.bsky.social

The US National Institutes of Health will soon release a plan to cap academic-journal publishing fees. Some outside experts say there are better ways to rein in publishing costs. cen.acs.org/policy/publi... #chemsky 🧪

Researchers are pleased about the #NIH possibly introducing caps on #OpenAccess fees its grantees can pay from their funding but say the change is imperfect—my latest for @cenmag.bsky.social: cen.acs.org/policy/publi... @jeremymberg.bsky.social, @stefhaustein.scholcommlab.ca, @pamherd.bsky.social

Researchers are pleased about the #NIH possibly introducing caps on #OpenAccess fees its grantees can pay from their funding but say the change is imperfect—my latest for @cenmag.bsky.social: cen.acs.org/policy/publi... @jeremymberg.bsky.social, @stefhaustein.scholcommlab.ca, @pamherd.bsky.social

Early-career researchers more likely than others to stop publishing after a retraction — my latest for @nature.com: www.nature.com/articles/d41... @shahanmemon.bsky.social, @fangferric.bsky.social

Early-career researchers more likely than others to stop publishing after a retraction — my latest for @nature.com: www.nature.com/articles/d41... @shahanmemon.bsky.social, @fangferric.bsky.social

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