Clare Mc Fadden
@clare-dnag.bsky.social
Senior Editor & Team Manager in Publication Ethics. Known to blather on about paper mills. Opinions are my own.
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Our new paper is out in PLOS Biology! I'm very conflicted about the project: proud because it feels like the most important project I've ever been a part of, but also very sad that we found so many problems in our field.
Read the paper here: journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
Read the paper here: journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
Erroneous articles can undermine scientific progress & mislead future research. Rene Aquarius &co show that 40% of articles on early #BrainInjury in animal studies have #ImageDuplication & #ImageManipulation problems, but correction by #journals remains limited @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4p59QzN
October 31, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Our new paper is out in PLOS Biology! I'm very conflicted about the project: proud because it feels like the most important project I've ever been a part of, but also very sad that we found so many problems in our field.
Read the paper here: journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
Read the paper here: journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
Reposted by Clare Mc Fadden
Next: Renee Hoch from @plos.org with:'Sustainable Approaches to Upholding High Integrity Standards in the Face of Large-Scale Threats: Insights From PLOS One'
@plosone.org has adaptable system-wide screening to screen for integrity issues on a large scale.
#PRC10
@plosone.org has adaptable system-wide screening to screen for integrity issues on a large scale.
#PRC10
September 3, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Next: Renee Hoch from @plos.org with:'Sustainable Approaches to Upholding High Integrity Standards in the Face of Large-Scale Threats: Insights From PLOS One'
@plosone.org has adaptable system-wide screening to screen for integrity issues on a large scale.
#PRC10
@plosone.org has adaptable system-wide screening to screen for integrity issues on a large scale.
#PRC10
Reposted by Clare Mc Fadden
The PLOS Publication Ethics team is hiring a Senior Editor with experience handling large-scale cases... paper mills, peer review integrity, manipulation of the publication process. Please consider applying if this sounds like your cup of tea! ☕
UK link: lnkd.in/eG9Ws2qk
US link: lnkd.in/eup-ZrK9
UK link: lnkd.in/eG9Ws2qk
US link: lnkd.in/eup-ZrK9
LinkedIn
This link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn
lnkd.in
July 23, 2025 at 10:35 PM
The PLOS Publication Ethics team is hiring a Senior Editor with experience handling large-scale cases... paper mills, peer review integrity, manipulation of the publication process. Please consider applying if this sounds like your cup of tea! ☕
UK link: lnkd.in/eG9Ws2qk
US link: lnkd.in/eup-ZrK9
UK link: lnkd.in/eG9Ws2qk
US link: lnkd.in/eup-ZrK9
The PLOS Publication Ethics team is hiring a Senior Editor with experience handling large-scale cases... paper mills, peer review integrity, manipulation of the publication process. Please consider applying if this sounds like your cup of tea! ☕
UK link: lnkd.in/eG9Ws2qk
US link: lnkd.in/eup-ZrK9
UK link: lnkd.in/eG9Ws2qk
US link: lnkd.in/eup-ZrK9
LinkedIn
This link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn
lnkd.in
July 23, 2025 at 10:35 PM
The PLOS Publication Ethics team is hiring a Senior Editor with experience handling large-scale cases... paper mills, peer review integrity, manipulation of the publication process. Please consider applying if this sounds like your cup of tea! ☕
UK link: lnkd.in/eG9Ws2qk
US link: lnkd.in/eup-ZrK9
UK link: lnkd.in/eG9Ws2qk
US link: lnkd.in/eup-ZrK9
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The PLOS Publication Ethics team is expanding further, looking for an Associate Editor to strengthen our team (permanent contract, fully remote, UK and select USA states only). See info below:
UK link: job-boards.eu.greenhouse.io/plos/jobs/46...
USA link: job-boards.eu.greenhouse.io/plos/jobs/46...
UK link: job-boards.eu.greenhouse.io/plos/jobs/46...
USA link: job-boards.eu.greenhouse.io/plos/jobs/46...
Associate Editor, Publication Ethics
UK- Remote
job-boards.eu.greenhouse.io
July 2, 2025 at 5:26 PM
The PLOS Publication Ethics team is expanding further, looking for an Associate Editor to strengthen our team (permanent contract, fully remote, UK and select USA states only). See info below:
UK link: job-boards.eu.greenhouse.io/plos/jobs/46...
USA link: job-boards.eu.greenhouse.io/plos/jobs/46...
UK link: job-boards.eu.greenhouse.io/plos/jobs/46...
USA link: job-boards.eu.greenhouse.io/plos/jobs/46...
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I am recruiting - if you have a background in plant mol cell bio, a keen interest in sustainability and planetary health and are looking to move away from the bench, this may be for you!
Have a 👀 and please reach out if Qs
1yr FTC, remote in the UK
job-boards.eu.greenhouse.io/plos/jobs/46...
Have a 👀 and please reach out if Qs
1yr FTC, remote in the UK
job-boards.eu.greenhouse.io/plos/jobs/46...
PLOS Biology Associate Editor- FTC
UK-Remote
job-boards.eu.greenhouse.io
June 26, 2025 at 3:37 PM
I am recruiting - if you have a background in plant mol cell bio, a keen interest in sustainability and planetary health and are looking to move away from the bench, this may be for you!
Have a 👀 and please reach out if Qs
1yr FTC, remote in the UK
job-boards.eu.greenhouse.io/plos/jobs/46...
Have a 👀 and please reach out if Qs
1yr FTC, remote in the UK
job-boards.eu.greenhouse.io/plos/jobs/46...
We're looking for two people to join our team! 🥳 If you have experience with image integrity or editorial operations, consider applying for these roles!
#ResearchIntegrity #JobAlert
#ResearchIntegrity #JobAlert
The PLOS Publication Ethics team is expanding further, currently recruiting an Associate Editor (editorial) and a Specialist (editorial support). 12 mo Fixed Term contracts, UK based candidates only. Follow this link or my thread below for more information
job-boards.eu.greenhouse.io/plos
job-boards.eu.greenhouse.io/plos
Public Library of Science
<p>Thank you for your interest in careers at PLOS. Our Talent Acquisition team strives to create a positive and equitable interview experience for all candidates. We look forward to receiving your app...
job-boards.eu.greenhouse.io
June 13, 2025 at 8:31 AM
We're looking for two people to join our team! 🥳 If you have experience with image integrity or editorial operations, consider applying for these roles!
#ResearchIntegrity #JobAlert
#ResearchIntegrity #JobAlert
Amazingly detailed resources for anyone involved in post-publication review. I'm sure this will inspire and support anyone who finds themselves sleuthing or wants to become (or is already! 👋) a publication ethics editor!
‘Anyone can do this’: Sleuths publish a toolkit for post-publication review
The Collection of Open Science Integrity Guides (COSIG) aims to make “post-publication peer review” more accessible
Project headed by @reeserichardson.bsky.social
@cosig.net
retractionwatch.com/2025/06/04/c...
The Collection of Open Science Integrity Guides (COSIG) aims to make “post-publication peer review” more accessible
Project headed by @reeserichardson.bsky.social
@cosig.net
retractionwatch.com/2025/06/04/c...
‘Anyone can do this’: Sleuths publish a toolkit for post-publication review
For years, sleuths – whose names our readers are likely familiar with – have been diligently flagging issues with the scientific literature. More than a dozen of these specialists have teamed up to cr...
retractionwatch.com
June 4, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Amazingly detailed resources for anyone involved in post-publication review. I'm sure this will inspire and support anyone who finds themselves sleuthing or wants to become (or is already! 👋) a publication ethics editor!
Reposted by Clare Mc Fadden
Fantastic coverage of Matt Spick &co's @plosbiology.org paper on #AI & #PaperMills by Miryam Naddaf in @nature.com & @cathleenogrady.bsky.social @science.org www.nature.com/articles/d41... www.science.org/content/arti... - original paper: plos.io/3RWgNog
Low-quality papers are surging by exploiting public data sets and AI
Paper mills are also likely contributing to “false discoveries”
www.science.org
May 21, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Fantastic coverage of Matt Spick &co's @plosbiology.org paper on #AI & #PaperMills by Miryam Naddaf in @nature.com & @cathleenogrady.bsky.social @science.org www.nature.com/articles/d41... www.science.org/content/arti... - original paper: plos.io/3RWgNog
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This is a must-read. Csaba Szabó, the author of Unreliable, was approached by a paper mill, and he decided to conduct a sting operation. He documented how paper mills operate.
forbetterscience.com/2025/05/19/a...
forbetterscience.com/2025/05/19/a...
A Sting Inside a Papermill
“It’s clear that any academically corrupt individual — particularly one with editorial connections — could easily “place” dozens of these Anzen products into indexed journals and collect a ha…
forbetterscience.com
May 19, 2025 at 6:06 AM
This is a must-read. Csaba Szabó, the author of Unreliable, was approached by a paper mill, and he decided to conduct a sting operation. He documented how paper mills operate.
forbetterscience.com/2025/05/19/a...
forbetterscience.com/2025/05/19/a...
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Winner!
Congratulations on winning this round.
Here is another one: 🏅
Congratulations on winning this round.
Here is another one: 🏅
April 27, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Winner!
Congratulations on winning this round.
Here is another one: 🏅
Congratulations on winning this round.
Here is another one: 🏅
Reposted by Clare Mc Fadden
Very good! I will make you the sole winner of this round.
Congratulations on winning that shiny award!
🏅
Here is what I found (with the help of ImageTwin):
Congratulations on winning that shiny award!
🏅
Here is what I found (with the help of ImageTwin):
April 24, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Very good! I will make you the sole winner of this round.
Congratulations on winning that shiny award!
🏅
Here is what I found (with the help of ImageTwin):
Congratulations on winning that shiny award!
🏅
Here is what I found (with the help of ImageTwin):
"PLOS will not compromise on issues of scientific rigor and editorial integrity... Research thrives when rooted in the open exchange of ideas, different perspectives, and international cooperation."
PLOS has issued a statement on recent US Executive Orders and scientific integrity.
We are determined to stand firmly behind our mission, our values and our principles, and against any attempt at censorship or undermining of the core principles of scientific inquiry.
plos.io/3D4O8cH
We are determined to stand firmly behind our mission, our values and our principles, and against any attempt at censorship or undermining of the core principles of scientific inquiry.
plos.io/3D4O8cH
PLOS statement on recent US Executive Orders and scientific integrity - The Official PLOS Blog
Since its founding over twenty five years ago PLOS has been dedicated to advancing open science, ensuring that knowledge is accessible to…
plos.io
February 21, 2025 at 3:58 PM
"PLOS will not compromise on issues of scientific rigor and editorial integrity... Research thrives when rooted in the open exchange of ideas, different perspectives, and international cooperation."
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DEIA and Doing the Right Thing scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/02/11/d...
DEIA and Doing the Right Thing - The Scholarly Kitchen
Now is a time when we must continue to stand against censorship and to support the scholarly community in both our words and our actions, according to our ethics and beliefs.
scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org
February 11, 2025 at 10:53 AM
DEIA and Doing the Right Thing scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/02/11/d...
A familiar story for many PhD students... The cell line doesn't act the same as described in the article, the mouse phenotype doesn't replicate, the supervisor tells them it's their fault 😮💨
▫️ #AcademicSky ▫️ #ResearchIntegrity ▫️ #ScientificMisconduct ▫️
Investigating scientific misconduct is hard—especially when your supervisor is an author
Investigating scientific misconduct is hard—especially when your supervisor is an author
Investigating scientific misconduct is hard—especially when your supervisor is an author
“The paper was riddled with serious problems,” this Ph.D. student writes
www.science.org
January 31, 2025 at 10:52 PM
A familiar story for many PhD students... The cell line doesn't act the same as described in the article, the mouse phenotype doesn't replicate, the supervisor tells them it's their fault 😮💨
PLOS One are hiring! 🎉 A lovely team to work with, and ideal job if you want to be at the front line of publishing and are coming from an early career editorial role, finishing your PhD or looking for a life outside academia
@plosone.org is hiring! We're looking for several new associate editors as we continue to grow. Successful candidates can expect:
- A comprehensive onboarding process
- A remote first, supportive organization committed to drive open science forward job-boards.eu.greenhouse.io/plos/jobs/45...
- A comprehensive onboarding process
- A remote first, supportive organization committed to drive open science forward job-boards.eu.greenhouse.io/plos/jobs/45...
PLOS One Associate Editor
UK-Remote, US-Remote
job-boards.eu.greenhouse.io
January 28, 2025 at 11:36 PM
PLOS One are hiring! 🎉 A lovely team to work with, and ideal job if you want to be at the front line of publishing and are coming from an early career editorial role, finishing your PhD or looking for a life outside academia
Would you like to join the fight against paper mills? Now's your chance! #ResearchIntegrity #PublicationEthics #JobAlert
PLOS Pub Ethics is hiring a Sr Editor. Are you an experienced editor with interest in preventing, investigating, and resolving large-scale issues including paper mills, peer-review rings, and citation cartels? Link below for more info. UK or USA only. job-boards.eu.greenhouse.io/plos/jobs/45...
Senior Editor, Publication Ethics
EMEA-Remote
job-boards.eu.greenhouse.io
January 21, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Would you like to join the fight against paper mills? Now's your chance! #ResearchIntegrity #PublicationEthics #JobAlert
Reposted by Clare Mc Fadden
Opinion: Publishers need more help to combat malicious academic networks, writes Kim Eggleton
#highered #EduSky
#highered #EduSky
Publishers need more help to combat malicious academic networks
Better tech alignment, industry guidance and identity verification would all help – as would meaningful and visible punishments, says Kim Eggleton
www.timeshighereducation.com
January 13, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Reposted by Clare Mc Fadden
We're thrilled to announce the creation of the Retraction Watch Sleuth in Residence Program.
Introducing the Retraction Watch Sleuth in Residence Program
We’re thrilled to announce the creation of the Retraction Watch Sleuth in Residence Program, an opportunity for a sleuth to spend a year working with us. Too often, sleuths work for free, often at …
retractionwatch.com
January 2, 2025 at 7:06 PM
We're thrilled to announce the creation of the Retraction Watch Sleuth in Residence Program.
Reposted by Clare Mc Fadden
A sense of sham: From retirement, David Bimler has embarked on a second career: exposing fraudulent research | @smutclyde.bsky.social |
A sense of sham
From retirement, David Bimler has embarked on a second career: exposing fraudulent research.
buff.ly
December 28, 2024 at 12:02 PM
A sense of sham: From retirement, David Bimler has embarked on a second career: exposing fraudulent research | @smutclyde.bsky.social |
Read this if you have any doubt about how paper mills could 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘺 circumvent the sanctity of peer review. I've even seen similar approaches & I work in publication ethics! So blatant 🚨
The wife is an upstanding citizen and will not hate me for turning down a quarter mill richardtol.substack.com/p/crime-pays...
Crime pays
A paper mill offered me $250,000 per year
richardtol.substack.com
December 20, 2024 at 7:23 PM
Read this if you have any doubt about how paper mills could 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘺 circumvent the sanctity of peer review. I've even seen similar approaches & I work in publication ethics! So blatant 🚨
Reposted by Clare Mc Fadden
🚨 NEWS: #ResearchIntegrity supporters have signed the Paris Declaration, calling for data-driven forensics - Forensic Scientometrics #FoSci - to spearhead the fight against fake science.
See comments from @mcintold.bsky.social & @gcabanac.cpesr.fr:
🔗 www.digital-science.com/news/paris-d...
See comments from @mcintold.bsky.social & @gcabanac.cpesr.fr:
🔗 www.digital-science.com/news/paris-d...
December 18, 2024 at 10:00 AM
🚨 NEWS: #ResearchIntegrity supporters have signed the Paris Declaration, calling for data-driven forensics - Forensic Scientometrics #FoSci - to spearhead the fight against fake science.
See comments from @mcintold.bsky.social & @gcabanac.cpesr.fr:
🔗 www.digital-science.com/news/paris-d...
See comments from @mcintold.bsky.social & @gcabanac.cpesr.fr:
🔗 www.digital-science.com/news/paris-d...
Excellent history of genAI in scientific articles. The horse has well and truly bolted, with ChatGPT just the latest tool. There needs to be consensus about responsible use of AI in "hybrid creation" & disclosure by authors. #ResearchIntegrity
THREAD
This Is The Story Of The The Pernicious Rise of AI-Generated Papers and their Online Impact
An Incomplete History Told In The Voice of Documentarian Adam Curtis
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This Is The Story Of The The Pernicious Rise of AI-Generated Papers and their Online Impact
An Incomplete History Told In The Voice of Documentarian Adam Curtis
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December 20, 2024 at 5:51 PM
Excellent history of genAI in scientific articles. The horse has well and truly bolted, with ChatGPT just the latest tool. There needs to be consensus about responsible use of AI in "hybrid creation" & disclosure by authors. #ResearchIntegrity
How to communicate the importance & nuance of reproducibility in science to a lay audience via Christmas tree meringue randomised control trail🎄 Serious topic but very delish & seasonal! I sense an #IgNobelPrize2025 even if some results were "little green turds!"
In our recent paper "public engagement with research reproducibility", we explain, with a simple example -cooking meringue Xmas trees- "what research reproducibility means".
A very fun 🧵 about science...
plos.io/49z4ZQy
A very fun 🧵 about science...
plos.io/49z4ZQy
Public engagement with research reproducibility
Public engagement with reproducibility is crucial for fostering trust in science. This Community Page describes how, by using relatable analogies and hands-on activities, participants explored the cha...
plos.io
December 14, 2024 at 10:37 AM
How to communicate the importance & nuance of reproducibility in science to a lay audience via Christmas tree meringue randomised control trail🎄 Serious topic but very delish & seasonal! I sense an #IgNobelPrize2025 even if some results were "little green turds!"