Pranujan Pathmendra
@pranujanp.bsky.social
PhD Candidate, University of Sydney, PRIMeR group.
Research interests: Publication Integrity, meta-science, post-publication correction, paper mills, cancer & bioinformatics.
Other interests: mythology, history of science, astronomy
Research interests: Publication Integrity, meta-science, post-publication correction, paper mills, cancer & bioinformatics.
Other interests: mythology, history of science, astronomy
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What does the ideal education in publication intergrity look like? How are students and ECRs supposed to learn how to identify unreliable research? @pranujanp.bsky.social @jabyrnesci.bsky.social @aidybarnett.bsky.social #AIMOS2025
November 19, 2025 at 11:58 PM
What does the ideal education in publication intergrity look like? How are students and ECRs supposed to learn how to identify unreliable research? @pranujanp.bsky.social @jabyrnesci.bsky.social @aidybarnett.bsky.social #AIMOS2025
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Next: Geoff Cumming @thenewstats.bsky.social with 'Statistical significance and p values: The researcher’s heroin'
* p values are highly unrealiable - don't trust them, don't use them!
www.thenewstatistics.com
tiny.cc/osfsigroulette
#IRICSydney
* p values are highly unrealiable - don't trust them, don't use them!
www.thenewstatistics.com
tiny.cc/osfsigroulette
#IRICSydney
November 18, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Next: Geoff Cumming @thenewstats.bsky.social with 'Statistical significance and p values: The researcher’s heroin'
* p values are highly unrealiable - don't trust them, don't use them!
www.thenewstatistics.com
tiny.cc/osfsigroulette
#IRICSydney
* p values are highly unrealiable - don't trust them, don't use them!
www.thenewstatistics.com
tiny.cc/osfsigroulette
#IRICSydney
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Next: Lisa Bero with: 'Hijacking research integrity: What can possibly go wrong and how can we fix it?'
In certain companies, authors who raise integrity issues can be 'discredited'.
LB's research has been 'monitored by Coca-Cola
www.smh.com.au/technology/c...
#IRICSydney
In certain companies, authors who raise integrity issues can be 'discredited'.
LB's research has been 'monitored by Coca-Cola
www.smh.com.au/technology/c...
#IRICSydney
November 16, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Next: Lisa Bero with: 'Hijacking research integrity: What can possibly go wrong and how can we fix it?'
In certain companies, authors who raise integrity issues can be 'discredited'.
LB's research has been 'monitored by Coca-Cola
www.smh.com.au/technology/c...
#IRICSydney
In certain companies, authors who raise integrity issues can be 'discredited'.
LB's research has been 'monitored by Coca-Cola
www.smh.com.au/technology/c...
#IRICSydney
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Next up: David Vaux with "An Office for Research Integrity in Australia – What are the barriers?"
* 23 European countries and 6 others have offices for research integrity.
* Australia has a guide with principles and responsibilities but institutions essentially investigate themselves.
#IRICSydney
* 23 European countries and 6 others have offices for research integrity.
* Australia has a guide with principles and responsibilities but institutions essentially investigate themselves.
#IRICSydney
November 17, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Next up: David Vaux with "An Office for Research Integrity in Australia – What are the barriers?"
* 23 European countries and 6 others have offices for research integrity.
* Australia has a guide with principles and responsibilities but institutions essentially investigate themselves.
#IRICSydney
* 23 European countries and 6 others have offices for research integrity.
* Australia has a guide with principles and responsibilities but institutions essentially investigate themselves.
#IRICSydney
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Next up, Jennifer Byrne @jabyrnesci.bsky.social with "Paper Mills, Fraud and More"
Paper mills are not predatory publishers - they offer authorship positions and publish in real scientific journals.
Lots of profits: folks who need papers, paper mills, journals.
#IRICSydney
Paper mills are not predatory publishers - they offer authorship positions and publish in real scientific journals.
Lots of profits: folks who need papers, paper mills, journals.
#IRICSydney
November 17, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Next up, Jennifer Byrne @jabyrnesci.bsky.social with "Paper Mills, Fraud and More"
Paper mills are not predatory publishers - they offer authorship positions and publish in real scientific journals.
Lots of profits: folks who need papers, paper mills, journals.
#IRICSydney
Paper mills are not predatory publishers - they offer authorship positions and publish in real scientific journals.
Lots of profits: folks who need papers, paper mills, journals.
#IRICSydney
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Next, a general discussion "What is needed?",
led by Pranujan Pathmendra @pranujanp.bsky.social
* Should we rewrite the Guide (Australian Code for the Responsible Conduct of Research)?
David Vaux: Yes! It has been rewritten several times, but it has only gotten worse - too vague.
#IRICSydney
led by Pranujan Pathmendra @pranujanp.bsky.social
* Should we rewrite the Guide (Australian Code for the Responsible Conduct of Research)?
David Vaux: Yes! It has been rewritten several times, but it has only gotten worse - too vague.
#IRICSydney
November 16, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Next, a general discussion "What is needed?",
led by Pranujan Pathmendra @pranujanp.bsky.social
* Should we rewrite the Guide (Australian Code for the Responsible Conduct of Research)?
David Vaux: Yes! It has been rewritten several times, but it has only gotten worse - too vague.
#IRICSydney
led by Pranujan Pathmendra @pranujanp.bsky.social
* Should we rewrite the Guide (Australian Code for the Responsible Conduct of Research)?
David Vaux: Yes! It has been rewritten several times, but it has only gotten worse - too vague.
#IRICSydney
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And: Verification of nucleotide sequence reagent identities in original publications in high impact factor cancer research journals
(CC: @pranujanp.bsky.social @jabyrnesci.bsky.social )
doi.org/10.1007/s002...
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doi.org/10.1007/s002...
Verification of nucleotide sequence reagent identities in original publications in high impact factor cancer research journals - Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archives of Pharmacology
Human gene research studies that describe wrongly identified nucleotide sequence reagents have been mostly identified in journals of low to moderate impact factor, where unreliable findings could be c...
doi.org
August 6, 2025 at 9:12 PM
And: Verification of nucleotide sequence reagent identities in original publications in high impact factor cancer research journals
(CC: @pranujanp.bsky.social @jabyrnesci.bsky.social )
doi.org/10.1007/s002...
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doi.org/10.1007/s002...
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Huge congratulations to @jabyrnesci.bsky.social for receiving the David Vaux award! I feel very lucky to be on a team led by such an amazing and accomplished woman
Extremely thrilled to congratulate @jabyrnesci.bsky.social on achieving this prestigious award. She has been an amazing champion and role model in pursuing research integrity and ensuring the scientific literature remains #reliable and #trustworthy!!!
www.science.org.au/news-and-eve...
www.science.org.au/news-and-eve...
Professor renowned for expunging fake research receives David Vaux
Professor Jennifer Byrne’s career has diverted from cancer research to research integrity. Image: supplied The Academy is delighted to announce Professor Jennifer Byrne from the University of Sydney
www.science.org.au
February 12, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Huge congratulations to @jabyrnesci.bsky.social for receiving the David Vaux award! I feel very lucky to be on a team led by such an amazing and accomplished woman
Extremely thrilled to congratulate @jabyrnesci.bsky.social on achieving this prestigious award. She has been an amazing champion and role model in pursuing research integrity and ensuring the scientific literature remains #reliable and #trustworthy!!!
www.science.org.au/news-and-eve...
www.science.org.au/news-and-eve...
Professor renowned for expunging fake research receives David Vaux
Professor Jennifer Byrne’s career has diverted from cancer research to research integrity. Image: supplied The Academy is delighted to announce Professor Jennifer Byrne from the University of Sydney
www.science.org.au
February 11, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Extremely thrilled to congratulate @jabyrnesci.bsky.social on achieving this prestigious award. She has been an amazing champion and role model in pursuing research integrity and ensuring the scientific literature remains #reliable and #trustworthy!!!
www.science.org.au/news-and-eve...
www.science.org.au/news-and-eve...
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Great to see @jabyrnesci.bsky.social 's work being recognised: www.science.org.au/news-and-eve...
Professor renowned for expunging fake research receives David Vaux
Professor Jennifer Byrne’s career has diverted from cancer research to research integrity. Image: supplied The Academy is delighted to announce Professor Jennifer Byrne from the University of Sydney
www.science.org.au
February 10, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Great to see @jabyrnesci.bsky.social 's work being recognised: www.science.org.au/news-and-eve...
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Great new article by @jabyrnesci.bsky.social and Adrian Barnett comparing problematic research articles to broken laboratory equipment. A faulty freezer would be flagged immediately, yet it can take years to retract fatally flawed studies. How can we incentivise correction?
The research literature is an unsafe workplace
Research is conducted in workplaces that can present safety hazards. Where researchers work in laboratories, safety hazards can arise through the need to operate complex equipment that can become u...
www.tandfonline.com
November 28, 2024 at 12:58 AM
Great new article by @jabyrnesci.bsky.social and Adrian Barnett comparing problematic research articles to broken laboratory equipment. A faulty freezer would be flagged immediately, yet it can take years to retract fatally flawed studies. How can we incentivise correction?
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#MetaROR launch at #AIMOS2024 @aimosinc.bsky.social @rorinstitute.bsky.social @jameswilsdon.bsky.social #metascience It's the content that counts!
November 20, 2024 at 10:08 PM
#MetaROR launch at #AIMOS2024 @aimosinc.bsky.social @rorinstitute.bsky.social @jameswilsdon.bsky.social #metascience It's the content that counts!
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Day 2 of COPE's #PublicationIntegrityWeek 🚨started with a robust discussion about role of all stakeholders in ensuring integrity. Interesting points about educating researchers & changing incentives, but at times, speakers seemed to blame each other. All stakeholders need to take responsibility!
a cartoon of spider-man pointing at another spider-man with the words " no u " on the bottom
ALT: a cartoon of spider-man pointing at another spider-man with the words " no u " on the bottom
media.tenor.com
November 19, 2024 at 12:58 PM
Day 2 of COPE's #PublicationIntegrityWeek 🚨started with a robust discussion about role of all stakeholders in ensuring integrity. Interesting points about educating researchers & changing incentives, but at times, speakers seemed to blame each other. All stakeholders need to take responsibility!
A fantastic and very insightful plenary by @barbobrien.bsky.social at #AIMOS2024! Whether it's wrongful convictions or academia, common obstacles to preventing, detecting, and correcting errors remain. #metaresearch
November 19, 2024 at 10:29 AM
A fantastic and very insightful plenary by @barbobrien.bsky.social at #AIMOS2024! Whether it's wrongful convictions or academia, common obstacles to preventing, detecting, and correcting errors remain. #metaresearch
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Excited to be in Canberra for AIMOS 24 agbarnett.github.io/aimos.confer...
I gave a talk this morning on ‘where next for metascience?’ — slides online here: rori.figshare.com/articles/pre...
Thanks to Adrian Barnett & all at @aimosinc.bsky.social for the opportunity to join you 🙏🏻
I gave a talk this morning on ‘where next for metascience?’ — slides online here: rori.figshare.com/articles/pre...
Thanks to Adrian Barnett & all at @aimosinc.bsky.social for the opportunity to join you 🙏🏻
AIMOS 2024 conference
AIMOS conference 2024
agbarnett.github.io
November 19, 2024 at 4:57 AM
Excited to be in Canberra for AIMOS 24 agbarnett.github.io/aimos.confer...
I gave a talk this morning on ‘where next for metascience?’ — slides online here: rori.figshare.com/articles/pre...
Thanks to Adrian Barnett & all at @aimosinc.bsky.social for the opportunity to join you 🙏🏻
I gave a talk this morning on ‘where next for metascience?’ — slides online here: rori.figshare.com/articles/pre...
Thanks to Adrian Barnett & all at @aimosinc.bsky.social for the opportunity to join you 🙏🏻
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#AIMOS2024 | Join us for the launch of MetaROR: A new peer review platform for metaresearch
#AIMOS2024 | Join us for the launch of MetaROR: A new peer review platform for metaresearch
« RoRI and AIMOS are launching the MetaROR (MetaResearch Open Review) platform MetaROR (MetaResearch Open Review) is a new open platform designed to transform how we review and share metaresearch t…
lalist.inist.fr
November 6, 2024 at 10:53 AM
#AIMOS2024 | Join us for the launch of MetaROR: A new peer review platform for metaresearch
A great plenary at #AIMOS2024 on the state of #metascience, and how it has expanded and diversified over the past 5 years. An exciting place to work in:)
November 19, 2024 at 2:35 AM
A great plenary at #AIMOS2024 on the state of #metascience, and how it has expanded and diversified over the past 5 years. An exciting place to work in:)
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James Wilson’s plenary:
1. I prefer “metaresearch” to “metascience”. Better describes full range of subject matter.
2. Discipline is older than a century! Francesco Redi in the 17thC was obsessed with replicating rather than creating new experiments.
3. Good joke about parking spaces.
#AIMOS2024
1. I prefer “metaresearch” to “metascience”. Better describes full range of subject matter.
2. Discipline is older than a century! Francesco Redi in the 17thC was obsessed with replicating rather than creating new experiments.
3. Good joke about parking spaces.
#AIMOS2024
November 19, 2024 at 1:06 AM
James Wilson’s plenary:
1. I prefer “metaresearch” to “metascience”. Better describes full range of subject matter.
2. Discipline is older than a century! Francesco Redi in the 17thC was obsessed with replicating rather than creating new experiments.
3. Good joke about parking spaces.
#AIMOS2024
1. I prefer “metaresearch” to “metascience”. Better describes full range of subject matter.
2. Discipline is older than a century! Francesco Redi in the 17thC was obsessed with replicating rather than creating new experiments.
3. Good joke about parking spaces.
#AIMOS2024
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7500 light-years away from us
November 17, 2024 at 8:39 AM
7500 light-years away from us
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Well, my first post here and got the science emoji wrong... trying again 🧪
The research literature is an unsafe workplace... flagging papers with verifiable errors will improve the safety of everyone working in the research literature. 🧬 search.app?link=https%3...
The research literature is an unsafe workplace
Research is conducted in workplaces that can present safety hazards. Where researchers work in laboratories, safety hazards can arise through the need to operate complex equipment that can become u...
search.app
November 16, 2024 at 9:12 AM
Well, my first post here and got the science emoji wrong... trying again 🧪
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Larry is the world’s most highly cited #cat (132 #citations vs Willard’s 107). These were entirely fabricated, by Reese Richardson and Nick Wise. The duo wanted to show how shady companies exploit #GoogleScholar to sell fake #metrics #scholarypublishing #academia reeserichardson.blog/2024/07/18/e...
Engineering the world’s highest cited cat, Larry
A citation manipulation scheme so easy, even a cat can do it.
reeserichardson.blog
July 25, 2024 at 7:24 PM
Larry is the world’s most highly cited #cat (132 #citations vs Willard’s 107). These were entirely fabricated, by Reese Richardson and Nick Wise. The duo wanted to show how shady companies exploit #GoogleScholar to sell fake #metrics #scholarypublishing #academia reeserichardson.blog/2024/07/18/e...
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A Hungarian PhD student is invited to collaborate on papers whilst at a conference, then it all gets out of hand.
An impressive article by Gábor Stöckert building on my recent investigation into an Iraqi papermill.
telex.hu/komplex/2024...
An impressive article by Gábor Stöckert building on my recent investigation into an Iraqi papermill.
telex.hu/komplex/2024...
Plagizált, visszavont cikkek, gyanús hivatkozások: Magyarországra is megérkeztek a tanulmánygyárak
Az Óbudai Egyetem két kutatója is belekeveredett egy iraki „papírgyár” cikkeibe. Az ilyen vállalkozásoktól hivatkozásokat vagy szerzőséget lehet vásárolni, és alapjaiban kezdik ki a tudományos publiká...
telex.hu
October 8, 2024 at 10:01 AM
A Hungarian PhD student is invited to collaborate on papers whilst at a conference, then it all gets out of hand.
An impressive article by Gábor Stöckert building on my recent investigation into an Iraqi papermill.
telex.hu/komplex/2024...
An impressive article by Gábor Stöckert building on my recent investigation into an Iraqi papermill.
telex.hu/komplex/2024...
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IT'S TIME: United2Act is moving to do something about the paper mill problem www.nature.com/articles/d41...
"“Paper milling isn’t an operation, it isn’t an organization: it’s a culture,” says data scientist Adam Day, who ... has developed a detection tool called The Papermill Alarm."
"“Paper milling isn’t an operation, it isn’t an organization: it’s a culture,” says data scientist Adam Day, who ... has developed a detection tool called The Papermill Alarm."
Science’s fake-paper problem: high-profile effort will tackle paper mills
EXCLUSIVE: Poor-quality studies are polluting the literature — a group will study the businesses that produce them to stem the flow of bogus research. EXCLUSIVE: Poor-quality studies are polluting t...
www.nature.com
January 22, 2024 at 6:04 AM
IT'S TIME: United2Act is moving to do something about the paper mill problem www.nature.com/articles/d41...
"“Paper milling isn’t an operation, it isn’t an organization: it’s a culture,” says data scientist Adam Day, who ... has developed a detection tool called The Papermill Alarm."
"“Paper milling isn’t an operation, it isn’t an organization: it’s a culture,” says data scientist Adam Day, who ... has developed a detection tool called The Papermill Alarm."
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Excited to announce my very first paper is out now as preprint on PsyArXiv! osf.io/preprints/ps...
Huge thanks to everyone involved! @simine.com, @bethclarke.bsky.social , Nicholas Moodie, Sarah Schiavone, Robert Thibault, & @tomhardwicke.bsky.social (1/4)
Huge thanks to everyone involved! @simine.com, @bethclarke.bsky.social , Nicholas Moodie, Sarah Schiavone, Robert Thibault, & @tomhardwicke.bsky.social (1/4)
OSF
osf.io
November 14, 2024 at 1:33 AM
Excited to announce my very first paper is out now as preprint on PsyArXiv! osf.io/preprints/ps...
Huge thanks to everyone involved! @simine.com, @bethclarke.bsky.social , Nicholas Moodie, Sarah Schiavone, Robert Thibault, & @tomhardwicke.bsky.social (1/4)
Huge thanks to everyone involved! @simine.com, @bethclarke.bsky.social , Nicholas Moodie, Sarah Schiavone, Robert Thibault, & @tomhardwicke.bsky.social (1/4)