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👉 Not a scientist, just a nuisance 👈
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Kevin Patrick IRL
👉 Not a scientist, just a nuisance 👈
Named: ‘Perpetrator 1’ by @sciguardians.bsky.social
CheshireGrins@protonmail.com
Kevin Patrick IRL
For the curious: pubpeer.com/publications...
November 26, 2025 at 8:49 PM
For the curious: pubpeer.com/publications...
Is it just me or if multiple data errors, issues images are reused within a paper, and across *two* other papers, a sign that a correction is not appropriate.
November 26, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Is it just me or if multiple data errors, issues images are reused within a paper, and across *two* other papers, a sign that a correction is not appropriate.
After 4 years, the Wiley journal Macromolecular Symposia retracted this "paper."
pubpeer.com/publications... h/t anon Hoya.
pubpeer.com/publications... h/t anon Hoya.
November 24, 2025 at 5:55 PM
After 4 years, the Wiley journal Macromolecular Symposia retracted this "paper."
pubpeer.com/publications... h/t anon Hoya.
pubpeer.com/publications... h/t anon Hoya.
Fun times.
Some of the SciGuardians gang thinks posting nonsensical comments on the Retraction Watch site will accomplish something. These people never progressed beyond playground taunts.
retractionwatch.com/2025/11/21/e...
Some of the SciGuardians gang thinks posting nonsensical comments on the Retraction Watch site will accomplish something. These people never progressed beyond playground taunts.
retractionwatch.com/2025/11/21/e...
November 24, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Fun times.
Some of the SciGuardians gang thinks posting nonsensical comments on the Retraction Watch site will accomplish something. These people never progressed beyond playground taunts.
retractionwatch.com/2025/11/21/e...
Some of the SciGuardians gang thinks posting nonsensical comments on the Retraction Watch site will accomplish something. These people never progressed beyond playground taunts.
retractionwatch.com/2025/11/21/e...
Oopsies.
A 2024(!) travesty of a paper courtesy of @elsevierconnect.bsky.social's Translational Oncology journal and researchers in China.
pubpeer.com/publications...
A 2024(!) travesty of a paper courtesy of @elsevierconnect.bsky.social's Translational Oncology journal and researchers in China.
pubpeer.com/publications...
November 23, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Oopsies.
A 2024(!) travesty of a paper courtesy of @elsevierconnect.bsky.social's Translational Oncology journal and researchers in China.
pubpeer.com/publications...
A 2024(!) travesty of a paper courtesy of @elsevierconnect.bsky.social's Translational Oncology journal and researchers in China.
pubpeer.com/publications...
Sabine Hazan conflates her case studies as proof that her hypotheses work. Even if those studies were flawless (ed: they’re not) they can only show correlation not causation: suffering from these conditions may lead to gut dysbiosis rather than the other way around.
November 21, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Sabine Hazan conflates her case studies as proof that her hypotheses work. Even if those studies were flawless (ed: they’re not) they can only show correlation not causation: suffering from these conditions may lead to gut dysbiosis rather than the other way around.
Opinions please?
There's a duplicated ß-actin band (green).
The author replies, "Because Smad3 is already the right loading control for p-Smad3, thus the last beta-actin is not necessary and we will contact the journal for removal."
Is this legit? 😕
pubpeer.com/publications...
There's a duplicated ß-actin band (green).
The author replies, "Because Smad3 is already the right loading control for p-Smad3, thus the last beta-actin is not necessary and we will contact the journal for removal."
Is this legit? 😕
pubpeer.com/publications...
November 19, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Opinions please?
There's a duplicated ß-actin band (green).
The author replies, "Because Smad3 is already the right loading control for p-Smad3, thus the last beta-actin is not necessary and we will contact the journal for removal."
Is this legit? 😕
pubpeer.com/publications...
There's a duplicated ß-actin band (green).
The author replies, "Because Smad3 is already the right loading control for p-Smad3, thus the last beta-actin is not necessary and we will contact the journal for removal."
Is this legit? 😕
pubpeer.com/publications...
Nice to be acknowledged.
"The retraction has been agreed following an investigation of the concerns raised by Penicillium citreoviride (ImageTwin) and Actinopolyspora biskrensis (me) on PubPeer, which identified concerns regarding Figures 2 and 3."
pubpeer.com/publications...
"The retraction has been agreed following an investigation of the concerns raised by Penicillium citreoviride (ImageTwin) and Actinopolyspora biskrensis (me) on PubPeer, which identified concerns regarding Figures 2 and 3."
pubpeer.com/publications...
November 15, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Nice to be acknowledged.
"The retraction has been agreed following an investigation of the concerns raised by Penicillium citreoviride (ImageTwin) and Actinopolyspora biskrensis (me) on PubPeer, which identified concerns regarding Figures 2 and 3."
pubpeer.com/publications...
"The retraction has been agreed following an investigation of the concerns raised by Penicillium citreoviride (ImageTwin) and Actinopolyspora biskrensis (me) on PubPeer, which identified concerns regarding Figures 2 and 3."
pubpeer.com/publications...
🐝🐍 Bee venom and sanke (sic) venom paper retracted, 19 months after reporting to Hindawi, 9 months after reporting to Wiley. h/t anon Hoya.
pubpeer.com/publications...
pubpeer.com/publications...
November 14, 2025 at 8:18 PM
🐝🐍 Bee venom and sanke (sic) venom paper retracted, 19 months after reporting to Hindawi, 9 months after reporting to Wiley. h/t anon Hoya.
pubpeer.com/publications...
pubpeer.com/publications...
Less than a year after they were notified an @mdpiopenaccess.bsky.social (!) journal retracts a problematic paper. 👏
pubpeer.com/publications...
pubpeer.com/publications...
November 13, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Less than a year after they were notified an @mdpiopenaccess.bsky.social (!) journal retracts a problematic paper. 👏
pubpeer.com/publications...
pubpeer.com/publications...
What they give us
November 13, 2025 at 3:47 AM
What they give us
November 11, 2025 at 3:51 PM
The paper by Chad Mirkin and others at Northwestern reported results that achieved a tumor growth inhibition (TGI) of 97.5% and "59-fold better antitumor efficacy than 5-Fu" in the mouse model. I think 59-fold should perhaps be 5.9-fold.
November 11, 2025 at 3:51 PM
The paper by Chad Mirkin and others at Northwestern reported results that achieved a tumor growth inhibition (TGI) of 97.5% and "59-fold better antitumor efficacy than 5-Fu" in the mouse model. I think 59-fold should perhaps be 5.9-fold.
After seeing this eye-catching headline, I took a look at the paper and I think it is possible that one of the claims in the paper may be wrong due to an arithmetic error.
November 11, 2025 at 3:51 PM
After seeing this eye-catching headline, I took a look at the paper and I think it is possible that one of the claims in the paper may be wrong due to an arithmetic error.
November 8, 2025 at 3:59 AM
I reported this to @pnas.org in 2021 and 2022. So far I don't see that anything has happened.
Non-profit publishers sometimes seem just as disinterested in cleaning up past problems as for-profit publishers. YMMV.
pubpeer.com/publications...
Non-profit publishers sometimes seem just as disinterested in cleaning up past problems as for-profit publishers. YMMV.
pubpeer.com/publications...
November 8, 2025 at 2:19 AM
I reported this to @pnas.org in 2021 and 2022. So far I don't see that anything has happened.
Non-profit publishers sometimes seem just as disinterested in cleaning up past problems as for-profit publishers. YMMV.
pubpeer.com/publications...
Non-profit publishers sometimes seem just as disinterested in cleaning up past problems as for-profit publishers. YMMV.
pubpeer.com/publications...
Oopsies.
NIH-funded research courtesy of International Journal of Biological Sciences and researchers from @Tulane and @Penn + others. Odd place to publish NIH-funded research. 🧐
pubpeer.com/publications...
NIH-funded research courtesy of International Journal of Biological Sciences and researchers from @Tulane and @Penn + others. Odd place to publish NIH-funded research. 🧐
pubpeer.com/publications...
November 7, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Oopsies.
NIH-funded research courtesy of International Journal of Biological Sciences and researchers from @Tulane and @Penn + others. Odd place to publish NIH-funded research. 🧐
pubpeer.com/publications...
NIH-funded research courtesy of International Journal of Biological Sciences and researchers from @Tulane and @Penn + others. Odd place to publish NIH-funded research. 🧐
pubpeer.com/publications...
Unhinged comes to mind.
November 4, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Unhinged comes to mind.
The officer deserves an award.
Although I don't condone throwing things at law enforcement personnel, no matter how upset you are. 🥪
Although I don't condone throwing things at law enforcement personnel, no matter how upset you are. 🥪
November 4, 2025 at 1:43 AM
The officer deserves an award.
Although I don't condone throwing things at law enforcement personnel, no matter how upset you are. 🥪
Although I don't condone throwing things at law enforcement personnel, no matter how upset you are. 🥪
Oopsies.
Courtesy of @elsevierconnect.bsky.social's Molecular Therapy - Nucleic Acids and researchers from institutions in China, including the "Criminal Investigation Police University of China."
pubpeer.com/publications...
Courtesy of @elsevierconnect.bsky.social's Molecular Therapy - Nucleic Acids and researchers from institutions in China, including the "Criminal Investigation Police University of China."
pubpeer.com/publications...
November 2, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Oopsies.
Courtesy of @elsevierconnect.bsky.social's Molecular Therapy - Nucleic Acids and researchers from institutions in China, including the "Criminal Investigation Police University of China."
pubpeer.com/publications...
Courtesy of @elsevierconnect.bsky.social's Molecular Therapy - Nucleic Acids and researchers from institutions in China, including the "Criminal Investigation Police University of China."
pubpeer.com/publications...
November 1, 2025 at 8:19 PM