A Delphi survey on attitudes to serious research misconduct: Exploring convergence vs. polarization of views of research “sleuths” and research integrity experts #ResearchIntegrity #ResearchEthics #WCRI2026 #WCRI @deevybee.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

So happy our paper is finally out!!! thank you everyone in the #ScreenIT group. This effort involved at least 12 people curating 1500 papers for various criteria. Thank you all for pulling it off. doi.org/10.1371/jour...

@sjmelchor.bsky.social writes for @nature.com about how to spot dubious papers, interviewing @elisabethbik.bsky.social, @abalkina.bsky.social, @jabyrnesci.bsky.social, myself and and my fellow @cosig.net maintainers @solalpirelli.bsky.social and Yagmur Ozturk! www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Join ReproducibiliTea Melbourne journal club this Thursday 4pm AEDT, to discuss "Oversight of Research Outputs by Public Organisations as a Threat to Research Integrity” by C. Brandenburg & @aidybarnett.bsky.social Zoom: uni-sydney.zoom.us/j/83909186903 #ResearchIntegrity @reproducibilitea.org

📣 Call for replicators: The NanoBubbles initiative aims to evaluate reproducibility of influential experimental claims in nanoscience. Independent research teams from nano or physical chemistry may apply. Participants receive financial support. Deadline: March 16

The volume of AI-enabled decent scientific work will overwhelm scientific journals and reviewers. Good post about this except it ends on a strange note, that Wiley and Elsevier AI tools might save us, which is both unlikely and would give even more power to them. open.substack.com/pub/thebsdet...

TW: police violence. Last night in Sydney. You may argue at least it’s not as bad as USA or Iran but if we don’t speak out against it now it could be. I cannot fathom what context could possibly justify assaulting people praying or beating a man with his hands up and backing away. #freePalestine

I’m impressed. A nice example of how to handle this with transparency and honesty. Carroll makes a strong case for accountability. This thread makes clear that it’s reasonable to expect some explanation and soul-searching from those who were connected with Epstein.

striking results!

Aurora alert! The Sun just produced the biggest solar flare since Mother’s Day 2024. If you saw it last week, you’ll likely see even stronger over the next couple nights. We might even see in lower latitudes of Australia. You can check NOAA 30 minute forecast for predictions #spaceweather #aurora

“If fabricated studies make their way into the evidence base, they can mislead real scientists and ultimately slow progress for patients." Published in The BMJ, a new AI tool developed by @aidybarnett.bsky.social and colleagues has exposed the scale of fake studies flooding cancer research.

New paper mill detection model flags 10% of all cancer articles as potentially coming from paper mills. Huge congratulations @baptscc.bsky.social on an incredible first published paper with @aidybarnett.bsky.social @jabyrnesci.bsky.social #researchIntegrity #papermills

Decentralised short-range texting app. Uses bluetooth, no cell signal or wifi needed. Live somewhere prone to natural disasters, attend festivals or protests? This could be life saving. Works better the more people who have it. Made by bsky founder Jack Dorsey. For long-range, lookup meshtastic.org

Pleased to share that we were awarded a 2026 #NHMRC Ideas grant via @sydney.edu.au to study/ raise awareness of published human #CellLines that may not exist. It was a tough year, but this outcome shows that NHMRC can fund topics in #metascience, as well as laboratory & clinical research #PaperMills

Just finished this gripping read on scientific fraud by @eugenie-reich.bsky.social Had to tab the quote: “In comparison to the mythical picture of researchers as an army of self-correctors marching in an organised way toward the truth, science is more of a guerrilla war.” #researchintegrity

To bring in the New Year, here's a proposal for external regulation of academic publishing, through a voluntary system of journal certification to the ISO 9001 quality management standard. 🧪 #ResearchIntegrity (1/2) www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Happy Advent!🎄 Day 24 Ready for a new puzzle? A case from a paper that was published some days ago papermills.tilda.ws/2025advent24 papermills.tilda.ws/advent2025 This is the last case of 2025. I hope you enjoyed the calendar as much as I enjoyed preparing it, and I wish you warm seasonal greetings!

Science is a collective effort, but @simine.com is a singular force. She is an exemplary model for all of us to follow in her commitment and action to improving science, on every dimension. She is so deserving of the award. The only uncertainty is whether the award deserves her!

Hey folks! We're running a big repliCATS workshop in Melbourne on 16 Dec, evaluating of replicability of published papers. 🐈 metascience, psych, med, health, education, sociol, quant methods, stats ECRs welcome 💰 AU$200 🎫 + travel subsidies ℹ️ forms.gle/9JvoRBKCzYyY... Re-posts appreciated 🌈

What an amazing conference! Huge thanks to @drjbeaudry.bsky.social, Joanna Diong, and committee for organising. Looking forward to next year! #AIMOS2025

At the past two AIMOS conferences, we have had a free public lecture for the local community. #AIMOS2025 follows suit! Join us for Ivan Oransky's public lecture: events.humanitix.com/public-talk-... but do so soon, seats are limited!

@miryamnaddaf.bsky.social reports at length for @nature.com about identity verification in scientific publishing and why it is no trivial task (featuring some lovely illustrations): www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Enjoyed being a panellist for the Wicked Research for Wicked Problems series for postgrad students at @sydney.edu.au with fellow PRIMeR member @pranujanp.bsky.social 😊 thank you @jabyrnesci.bsky.social for the photo and all your support! #ResearchIntegrity

I'll be presenting my recent findings on post-publication critique policies and prevalence in psychology October 17 (10am CEST/7pm AEST) as part of a series of webinars on peer review hosted by @reproducibilitea.org. Register below to attend :)

Excited to finally have my first paper officially published! "How Do Psychology Journals Handle Postpublication Critique?" is now online with AMPPS. Huge thanks to my supervisors @tomhardwicke.bsky.social and @simine.com and co-authors @bethclarke.bsky.social, N Moodie, S Schiavone, and R Thibault ☺️

This Friday, September 12, COSIG maintainer @reeserichardson.bsky.social will be participating in a panel discussion (16:00 CEST, 10:00 AM EDT) as part of the all-day event "Making Sense of Open Science" hosted by the Czech Academy of Sciences. Watch online! www.projekt-amulet.cz/index.php/en...

How do the discussion sections of paper mill articles in cancer research differ from similar literature? Drop by my poster to hear me over explain this graph in person today and tomorrow ✨ @peerreviewcongress.bsky.social #PRC10

Sunrise in Chicago 🌇💜 Getting excited for my first international conference #PRC10 🎉

You have three more days to get your proposals in for our conference in November!

Join us for the Melbourne @reproducibilitea.org journal club happening today at 4pm AEST. This week, we discuss a recent preprint on replicating drosophila immunity studies, article linked below. Zoom link: unimelb.zoom.us/j/8289083982...

A paper that combines #peerreview & cheese... what could be better? Answer: writing said paper with @abalkina.bsky.social @image-integrity.bsky.social & Marie Souliere. Read on to learn how the Swiss Cheese Model could help peer review & #researchintegrity onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Submissions for #AIMOS2025 in Sydney close in just under two weeks! aimos-inc.github.io/aimos.confer...

@metaror.bsky.social (our collab with @rorinstitute.bsky.social) has just announced that @plosbiology.org is now a partner journal. This means that PLOS Biology will now consider metascience articles that have passed our transparent and rigorous review process. theplosblog.plos.org/2025/08/plos...

Article claiming AI-generated art is more sustainable than human made art. The authors acknowledge many methodological limitations but still forget one key thing: humans continue consuming energy (aka living) whether they're writing/drawing or not. Art is a surplus to life, not a deficit.

A statistical analysis found that the number of fake journal articles being churned out by “paper mills” is doubling every year and a half. @jabyrnesci.bsky.social @reeserichardson.bsky.social #ResearchIntegrity #ResearchMisconduct #PaperMill #WCRI2026 #WCRI doi.org/10.1073/pnas...

Great article on an issue I think about a lot. AI developers incessantly web scrape for data with minimal quality checks. What happens when LLMs are trained on more AI generated content than genuine information? Especially concerning for students/ECRs navigating heavily compromised research corpora

Once upon a time, two science journalists had an idea for a blog about retractions. And on Aug. 3, 2010, Retraction Watch launched. And now, 15 years and 6,700 posts later, that work seems more important than ever. Happy 15th anniversary, Retraction Watch.

Excited that #AIMOS2025 is joining forces with the Evidence, Policy, and Influence Collab at @sydney.edu.au. Portal for abstract proposals now open 🎉

Nature News has a short piece on the survey we did in conjunction with the FAIRS meeting on responding to serious research misconduct www.nature.com/articles/d41...

And in today's news of #AcademicPublishing not working... 🧪 #SciPub #PeerReview www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Just deposited preprint reporting results of Delphi survey on attitudes to sanctions for serious research misconduct zenodo.org/records/1577... #fraud #researchIntegrity

My bestie performing ‘Endling’ for the Sydney vivid festival this week. Absolutely unreal! Definitely worth checking out if you’re in the area

Please spread the word! Psych Science is recruiting volunteers to help conduct computational reproducibility checks. If you have experience writing reproducible analysis scripts in psychology, and want to join the team, please apply! www.psychologicalscience.org/publications...

Have you registered for our upcoming webinar? Join @gcabanac.cpesr.fr as he dives into how the Problematic Paper Screener Tool leverages Retraction Watch #metadata via the @crossref.bsky.social REST API. 📅 Save your spot now: crossref.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

We are live! Introducing the "Journal of Robustness Reports" – a Diamond Open-Access journal dedicated to publishing short reanalyses of empirical findings. Check out our website and blog post about the journal: 🌐 scipost.org/JRobustRep 📄 www.bayesianspectacles.org/introducing-...

Reviewing and cleaning my Rmd scripts that use APIs to retrieve metadata. Couldn't find any clear best practice guidelines but strongly recommend adding a call-save-load protocol with the first two disabled from auto running to stop accidental calls and overwriting data (especially while learning!)

Byrne called incorrect primers “canaries in a coal mine.” The errors may be small, but they can indicate a larger problem, such as paper mills at work or other types of fraud.

Telltale Data Signs of Bogus Scientific Papers and Fraudulent Academic Research

Plenty of tortured phrases (arxiv.org/abs/2107.0...) in this #IEEE paper. ieeexplore.ieee.org/... My pubpeer report: pubpeer.com/publicat...#IEEE