The @bmj.com reviewed the issues raised and found “apparent recruitment outside of the inclusion criteria, including those over 65 years old; discrepancy in the number of participants enrolled; and data irregularities, such as unusual patterns in the data.”

UNESCO has launched a consultation to explore "fair, inclusive ways to create, share, and access academic knowledge, and to address challenges in building more equitable systems." Deadline for contributions is April 13. www.unesco.org/en/articles/...

The January-March 2026 issue of REACH is now live! 🎉 📘Inside: CRediT, the Einstein Foundation Award, Cochrane's 30th anniversary, Jennifer Byrne on paper mills, our SIA Special Report on AI Stress Points in Scholarly Publishing (Part I), and much more! 👉🏻 www.sci-integrity.com/reach-januar...

Read about the origins of the scientific method for testing the efficacy of health treatments in this thread by @hos-asa.bsky.social. Part of my own research has focused on how to design better controls for placebo-controlled trials, so I’m always fascinated by these stories.

This recent RCT of an "AI stethoscope" claims the technology "shows promise" for diagnosing cardiovascular conditions. It does not. It is a textbook example of the risks of conducting unprincipled 'per protocol analyses'. Once again, peer review at a major medical journal has failed. 🧵 1/

Mega-journal Heliyon retracts hundreds of papers after internal audit  @retractionwatch.com retractionwatch.com/2026/02/03/m...

How many #CancerResearch papers may have been contributed to the literature by #PaperMills? We try to put numbers to this problem in our @bmj.com paper by @aidybarnett.bsky.social @aushsi.bsky.social & colleagues. Thank-you @nhmrc.bsky.social for funding @sydney.edu.au www.bmj.com/content/392/...

New Year, new #Bluesky user? Interested in #ResearchIntegrity & looking to connect with others on @bsky.app? Here are two #StarterPacks covering people connected with research integrity & there's still space so please share suggestions or wave to be added! go.bsky.app/QN5upY5 go.bsky.app/5NJ9Z4N

✨2025 was a year of building, connecting, and growing.🌱 Check out a few highlights below. We are also excited about all that 2026 will bring. Stay tuned for more on our evolving governance model and the launch of new resources and subscriptions. #ResearchIntegrity #OpenScience #Community #SIA

🗣️ This is a great opportunity to learn how you can help keep papers with evidence of misconduct or fraud out of the scientific record. Read more about COSIG in the latest issue of REACH magazine: www.sci-integrity.com/reach-octobe... @cosig.net @reeserichardson.bsky.social

Congrats to the Brazilian Reproducibility Initiative and all other awardees of the Einstein Foundation Berlin Award! 🥇👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 @redebrrepro.bsky.social @einsteinberlin.bsky.social

Influencer opinions are not healthcare. Treating them as such puts lives at risk. A heartbreaking story of what happens when misinformation replaces evidence and expertise:

Unfortunately I couldn’t be there in person for my #AIMOS2025 talk, but I’m grateful for the chance to share what we’re building at @sci-integrity.com, especially alongside @aimosinc.bsky.social, one of our wonderful partners! 🌏🤝 #SIA #ResearchIntegrity #OpenScience #ScienceIntegrityAlliance

Check out the latest issue of REACH magazine from @sci-integrity.com, which features COSIG on page 42! www.sci-integrity.com/reach-octobe...

✨The new issue of REACH is live! If you’re looking for inspiring weekend reading, I hope you’ll enjoy exploring this new issue.📗 🗣️ Share it with your colleagues or anyone who might find it useful. 🔗 www.sci-integrity.com/reach-octobe... #openscience #researchintegrity #REACHmagazine #SIA

The link between the gut #microbiome and autism is not backed by science, researchers say. Read the full opinion piece in @cp-neuron.bsky.social: spkl.io/63322AbxpA#microbiome @wiringthebrain.bsky.social, @statsepi.bsky.social, & @deevybee.bsky.social

@bmj.com has issued an expression of concern for a paper claiming stem cell therapy can reduce the risk of heart failure. The move comes after sleuths and scientists critiqued the “complete mismatch” between the study data and the article itself.

📗 The new issue of REACH Magazine is almost here! 🔍 Featuring insights on the future of peer review, updated guidance on research misconduct oversight, science sleuthing with Lonni Besançon, WCRI history, and more. 👀 Stay tuned! #REACHmagazine #SIA #ResearchIntegrity

🚀 The first video created for the #MIRROR hub is out, marking the start of a series of multimedia resources developed in partnership with @collablibrary.bsky.social and designed to make meta-research insights more engaging, inclusive, and actionable. #SIA #MetaResearch youtu.be/M70yZ_55AQQ?...

🌱 We're thrilled to share that our editorial team is growing! Under the leadership of Matt Hodgkinson (Editorial Lead), SIA’s newly formed Editorial Committee brings together a stellar group of experts.✨✨ @mattjhodgkinson.scicomm.xyz.ap.brid.gy @andre-brasil.bsky.social @danielucko.bsky.social

🌟 The Science Integrity Alliance welcomes James Parry as Senior Strategic Advisor! James brings 20 years of research integrity leadership, including 15 years as Chief Executive of UKRIO, supporting 120+ orgs. At SIA, he'll drive partnerships and advance our educational platforms. Welcome James! 👏👏👏

"Much of what shapes a scientific paper never sees the light of day." RoRI's André Brasil writes about MetaROR (MetaResearch Open Review) and opening the black box of peer review in the inaugural issue of REACH by @sci-integrity.com: www.sci-integrity.com/reach-inaugu...

Heading home after #PRC10 feeling inspired by so many people with fresh ideas on how to make research better, and the highlight was reconnecting with my wonderful friend @james-mcauley.bsky.social after 10 years! Let’s keep the conversation going at the Science Integrity Alliance’s community forum!

Arrived in Chicago for the Peer Review Congress and looking forward to hearing about strategies to safeguard the scholarly literature from fraud and misconduct, while engaging in productive networking. #PCR10 #PeerReview #ResearchIntegrity

🌟 REACH is live! A new digital magazine on research integrity & open science. 📖 In this issue: ✨ Launch of the Science Integrity Alliance ✨ Coverage of the U.S. Conference on Research Integrity ✨ COPE’s evolution in publication ethics ...and more! 🔗 Read here: www.sci-integrity.com/reach-inaugu...

🌟 Can you visualize a future in which you’ve won a grant of up to £25,000? #CatalystGrant 💡🌱 Digital Science’s 2025 Catalyst Grant is now open for applications - with the theme of #DataVisualization. 🔗 See more about our Catalyst Grant - and apply here: www.digital-science.com/investment/c...

This is going to be incredible! 5 days to go! 🔥

🎬 Episode 3 of "Meet Our Partners" video series is here! We're proud to feature the Brazilian Reproducibility Network @redebrrepro.bsky.social—a multidisciplinary, multi-institutional initiative promoting transparent and reliable research practices across Brazil.🇧🇷 #ResearchIntegrity #Reproducibility

We discuss cultural change initiatives to promote #researchintegrity. We distinguish 2 schemas of research integrity: 👉The thick, lived kind 👉The thin, rule-based kind. We need both. What’s interesting is trying to understand how they relate. Had fun writing this! link.springer.com/article/10.1...

👀 Have you heard? The Integrity Café is now open on the #ScienceIntegrityAlliance platform! ☕️ The Integrity Café is a welcoming space to share resources, spotlight events, and post quick updates on #ResearchIntegrity and #OpenScience. Ready to join? 1/2

Disappointed to miss #Metascience2025. If you’re attending, please share your thoughts in the Integrity Café and consider joining the Meta-Research Working Group to help shape targeted collaborative projects supported by the Science Integrity Alliance. #ResearchIntegrity www.sci-integrity.com

📢 Big move toward transparency: All @nature.com research articles will now include published peer review reports and author responses. #openscience #researchintegrity #peerreview #transparency www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Don’t miss this virtual presentation on the updated Transparency and Openness Promotion (TOP) Guidelines 👇🏻

This is a long-overdue initiative. Patient care should no longer be compromised by flawed or misleading research. It’s also time to recognize that publication in a “high-profile” journal does not always reflect the true quality or integrity of a study. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

The journal of sport sciences recently made a sample size justification section mandatory. More and more journals are implementing this, as it is a central part of a study! Learn how to create a state of the art sample size justification from my paper: online.ucpress.edu/collabra/art...

Ah yes, the gold standard of science. Start with an official health report full of fake citations. What could possibly go wrong? 🥇📉🤡 www.nytimes.com/2025/05/29/w...

The Science Integrity Alliance is building the first global network to unite research integrity initiatives under one powerful umbrella. 🤝 Join us in advancing research integrity worldwide! ✨ Your Initiative. ✨ Our Network. ✨ Maximum Impact. www.sci-integrity.com #ResearchIntegrity #OpenScience

"A literature that's ...polluted with junk is not only no good to anyone, it's a source of real harm, and it lends itself to ... bad-faith attacks on scientific research in general... We need to speak up more about this situation and we need to start cleaning house more vigorously" #Papermills 🧪

Couldn't agree more, Darren. Walking away from university rankings is one of the most powerful moves we can make to fix research culture. When we stop chasing numbers, we can start focusing on what really matters: quality research that helps people. #ResearchIntegrity #ResearchCulture (1/5)

Just finished a few inspiring days at the National Conference on #ResearchIntegrity in Chicago. Grateful for the thoughtful conversations and feedback on the Science Integrity Alliance. The sun came out just in time after a few rainy days, a perfect end to the trip. ☀️ #NCRI2025 #ResearchCulture

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🤩 I'm excited to see the efforts our Alliance has been making over the last year bloom into the launch of these incredible resources! ❤️ A heartfelt thank you to our amazing partners and individual contributors from across our network who've joined forces to make this happen. #WeAreStrongerTogether

🌟 Excited to share the new Science Integrity Alliance video! #WeAreStrongerTogether #ResearchIntegrity #OpenScience #Alliance

A well-written protocol is key to quality scholarship. The SPIRIT guideline for protocols of randomized trials has just been updated - please share widely! 🗣️ #researchintegrity #openscience www.bmj.com/content/389/...

Updated CONSORT guideline for reporting randomized trials👇🏻

ROBUST-RCT: A new tool for assessing risk of bias of randomised controlled trials included in systematic reviews. www.bmj.com/content/388/...

Our new paper builds upon my 2008 PhD work on the efficacy of all available treatments for low back pain. Once again, we found that only a few options surpass placebo effects, and by very small margins. #backpain #EBM ebm.bmj.com/content/earl...

Register now for our FAIRS meeting - online and in person options. Great speakers, great location, important topic! www.sjcfairsmeeting.com (turn off VPN if it doesn't load) #researchintegrity #fraud @lexbouter.bsky.social @WCRIFoundation