@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.

JR: The science misconduct-reporting ecosystem today: The shonks keep on shonking! No one ever notices. Some sleuths catch it, universities investigates but keeps quiet, and the shonks keep on shonking! Where should science journalism fit in? #IRICSydney

This is the case that Dr. Bik @elisabethbik.bsky.social informed PLOS ONE in 2015. PLOS ONE retracted the paper in 2024. Nagoya City University has recently denied the image manipulation and criticized the decision of the journal. pubpeer.com/publications...

Prof. Blandina, Prof. Pasani, and Dr. Provensi kindly provided me with an opportunity to contribute to the book entitled "Histamine Receptors-Preclinical and Clinical Aspects". Histamine research has led to the development of many excellent therapeutic drugs.

Perfect instructions for scientific image sleuthing. To confirm "the fact" is essential to fight against the fraudulent researchers and the research institutes that protect them.

Academic papers with hidden AI prompts have been found. The authors aimed to obtain favorable reviews from lazy reviewers. My comments are included. #researchintegrity #peerreview

Seeing RFK Jr.’s selections to replace the qualified scientists that he fired from ACIP, I very much doubt that the U.S. will have ready access to COVID19 and flu vaccines for 2025. And it could be even worse than that. Bill Cassidy is to blame for voting to confirm RFK Jr. He’s a disgrace.

Anyone can do post-publication peer review. Anyone can be a steward of the scientific literature. Anyone can do forensic metascience. Anyone can sleuth. That's why we are launching COSIG: the Collection of Open Science Integrity Guides, an open source resource for all of the above. cosig.net

A video for the training of research integrity. JST made this film. I supervised it. Your comments would be much appreciated. youtu.be/FOIIXeFQ2z4?...

"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 🧪

Springer Nature reported its international web survey on research integrity. Congratulations! @silentypewriter.bsky.social In Japan, many researchers recognize that "avoiding research misconduct" is research integrity. We should update our thoughts. figshare.com/articles/onl...

Based on the outcomes of our project, we have created a pamphlet designed to be used in research laboratories. #researchintegrity #researchclimate #researchmisconduct

Hot off the press: my review of Csaba Szabo's book Unreliable; deevybee.blogspot.com/2025/03/book...

Thrilled to announce the creation of the @elisabethbik.bsky.social Science Integrity Fund to provide "funding for training programs, grants, or awards for science integrity advocates." Thanks to @science.org for covering this. Help us grow the fund with a tax-deductible donation.

Physiological roles of mast cells have recently been determined wave after wave. They also proposed the significance of itch.

In @science.org today, the discovery of the neuroimmune itch-scratch circuit. And why scratching can makes things worse www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

The WSJ editorial board out with a piece today opposing confirmation of RFK, Jr. www.wsj.com/opinion/rfk-...

The National Institutes of Health has clarified the restrictions on travel, purchasing, and meetings that President Donald Trump’s new administration imposed on NIH staff last week, easing some concerns about measures that set off chaos within the agency. scim.ag/3WD2g3j

‘Stamp out paper mills’ — science sleuths on how to fight fake research By Anna Abalkina, René Aquarius, Elisabeth Bik, David Bimler, Dorothy Bishop, Jennifer Byrne, Guillaume Cabanac, Adam Day, Cyril Labbé & Nick Wise @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/d41...

We identified a target molecule of disodium cromoglycate. Our paper indicates that GPR35 should suppress degranulation of mast cells through cortical actin reorganization. https://jpet.aspetjournals.org/content/early/2024/01/30/jpet.123.002024