A new study led by Carlos Chaccour and Matthew Rudd analyses more than 730,000 letters to scientific journals, and raises concerns about the growing use of #AI tools in academic publishing.
Read in @science.org: 🟠 https://f.mtr.cool/ukszxtdgri
#ScienceIntegrity #ResearchEthics #AIinScience
Read in @science.org: 🟠 https://f.mtr.cool/ukszxtdgri
#ScienceIntegrity #ResearchEthics #AIinScience
Letters to scientific journals surge as ‘prolific debutante’ authors likely use AI
New study reinforces worries about “mass production of junk” by unscrupulous scholars aiming to pad their CVs
f.mtr.cool
November 5, 2025 at 8:03 AM
A new study led by Carlos Chaccour and Matthew Rudd analyses more than 730,000 letters to scientific journals, and raises concerns about the growing use of #AI tools in academic publishing.
Read in @science.org: 🟠 https://f.mtr.cool/ukszxtdgri
#ScienceIntegrity #ResearchEthics #AIinScience
Read in @science.org: 🟠 https://f.mtr.cool/ukszxtdgri
#ScienceIntegrity #ResearchEthics #AIinScience
🚨 During COVID, science moved fast — but did speed mean sloppiness? A new @scienceintegrity summary shows 4 in 5 preprints kept their conclusions. Science bent under pressure but didn’t break — transparency is key to trust. 📷 youtu.be/M70yZ_55AQQ #OpenScience #MIRROR
October 22, 2025 at 8:02 PM
🚨 During COVID, science moved fast — but did speed mean sloppiness? A new @scienceintegrity summary shows 4 in 5 preprints kept their conclusions. Science bent under pressure but didn’t break — transparency is key to trust. 📷 youtu.be/M70yZ_55AQQ #OpenScience #MIRROR
Very bizarre.
An investigation by @cuny.edu's expert panel found "evidence highly suggestive of deliberate scientific misconduct" - but the university concluded that Dr. Wang did not do misconduct.
#ScienceIntegrity
@charlespiller.bsky.social reports at Science.
An investigation by @cuny.edu's expert panel found "evidence highly suggestive of deliberate scientific misconduct" - but the university concluded that Dr. Wang did not do misconduct.
#ScienceIntegrity
@charlespiller.bsky.social reports at Science.
As his fraud trial looms, Alzheimer’s scientist exonerated by his university—sort of - CUNY's puzzling analysis of a collaborator of Cassava Sciences www.science.org/content/arti...
As his fraud trial looms, Alzheimer’s scientist exonerated by his university—sort of
Excusing record-keeping “misconduct” flagged in earlier investigative report, City University of New York concluded in letter that image doctoring by Hoau-Yan Wang was not proved
www.science.org
October 16, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Very bizarre.
An investigation by @cuny.edu's expert panel found "evidence highly suggestive of deliberate scientific misconduct" - but the university concluded that Dr. Wang did not do misconduct.
#ScienceIntegrity
@charlespiller.bsky.social reports at Science.
An investigation by @cuny.edu's expert panel found "evidence highly suggestive of deliberate scientific misconduct" - but the university concluded that Dr. Wang did not do misconduct.
#ScienceIntegrity
@charlespiller.bsky.social reports at Science.
They’re linking autism to Tylenol and touting an unproven drug as treatment. The Receipts matter here. #AutismAwareness #PublicHealth #ScienceIntegrity #HealthPolicy #MedicalEthics
September 25, 2025 at 5:04 PM
They’re linking autism to Tylenol and touting an unproven drug as treatment. The Receipts matter here. #AutismAwareness #PublicHealth #ScienceIntegrity #HealthPolicy #MedicalEthics
Scientific integrity and national health security are at stake. SBM signed coalition letters urging oversight of the recent dismissal of CDC leadership, calling for transparency and accountability from Congress.
Read the full letter here: www.sbm.org/advocacy/sig... #ScienceIntegrity
Read the full letter here: www.sbm.org/advocacy/sig... #ScienceIntegrity
September 12, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Scientific integrity and national health security are at stake. SBM signed coalition letters urging oversight of the recent dismissal of CDC leadership, calling for transparency and accountability from Congress.
Read the full letter here: www.sbm.org/advocacy/sig... #ScienceIntegrity
Read the full letter here: www.sbm.org/advocacy/sig... #ScienceIntegrity
"With urgent calls for accountability and concerns over public health overshadowing AI advancements, Congress is demanding a reckoning on the Trump administration's controversial health policies."
Learn more here!
#US #CitizenPortal #USHealthCare #ScienceIntegrity #PublicHealth
Learn more here!
#US #CitizenPortal #USHealthCare #ScienceIntegrity #PublicHealth
Congressional Subcommittee Calls for Investigation of Trump Administration's Health Policies
Subcommittee urges oversight of HHS following firing of CDC director and health research disruptions.
citizenportal.ai
September 4, 2025 at 10:05 AM
"With urgent calls for accountability and concerns over public health overshadowing AI advancements, Congress is demanding a reckoning on the Trump administration's controversial health policies."
Learn more here!
#US #CitizenPortal #USHealthCare #ScienceIntegrity #PublicHealth
Learn more here!
#US #CitizenPortal #USHealthCare #ScienceIntegrity #PublicHealth
Over 85 climate scientists have condemned the DOE’s new climate assessment, calling it flawed, biased, and lacking scientific integrity. A stark warning on the dangers of politicized science.
tinyurl.com/yzbxx92w #ClimateAction #ScienceIntegrity #ClimateCrisis #ClimateScience #ClimateData
tinyurl.com/yzbxx92w #ClimateAction #ScienceIntegrity #ClimateCrisis #ClimateScience #ClimateData
Over 85 scientists say Energy Dept. climate report lacks merit
Over 85 top climate scientists on Tuesday said that the Trump Energy Department's recent climate assessment used to justify an unwinding of federal greenhouse gas rules does not meet standards for scientific integrity.
tinyurl.com
September 3, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Over 85 climate scientists have condemned the DOE’s new climate assessment, calling it flawed, biased, and lacking scientific integrity. A stark warning on the dangers of politicized science.
tinyurl.com/yzbxx92w #ClimateAction #ScienceIntegrity #ClimateCrisis #ClimateScience #ClimateData
tinyurl.com/yzbxx92w #ClimateAction #ScienceIntegrity #ClimateCrisis #ClimateScience #ClimateData
🚨Science under siege! Fake studies are multiplying, threatening discovery. Is truth dissolving? 🔬✨ #ScienceIntegrity
Source: https://science.slashdot.org/story/25/08/05/0137204/fraudulent-scientific-papers-are-rapidly-increasing-study-finds
Source: https://science.slashdot.org/story/25/08/05/0137204/fraudulent-scientific-papers-are-rapidly-increasing-study-finds
Fraudulent Scientific Papers Are Rapidly Increasing, Study Finds - Slashdot
For years, whistle-blowers have warned that fake results are sneaking into the scientific literature at an increasing pace. A new statistical analysis backs up the concern. From a report: A team of researchers found evidence of shady organizations churning out fake or low-quality studies on an indus...
science.slashdot.org
August 6, 2025 at 12:36 AM
🚨Science under siege! Fake studies are multiplying, threatening discovery. Is truth dissolving? 🔬✨ #ScienceIntegrity
Source: https://science.slashdot.org/story/25/08/05/0137204/fraudulent-scientific-papers-are-rapidly-increasing-study-finds
Source: https://science.slashdot.org/story/25/08/05/0137204/fraudulent-scientific-papers-are-rapidly-increasing-study-finds
#ScienceIntegrity toujours avec Celine Thillou de l' @umons.bsky.social : Comment enseigner l’intégrité scientifique aux universitaires faisant leur thèse et aux promoteurs?
youtu.be/X1OqOuF2I9Y
#science 👩🔬 #AcademicSky #Belgium @wbe.bsky.social #ResearchMethods #Education
youtu.be/X1OqOuF2I9Y
#science 👩🔬 #AcademicSky #Belgium @wbe.bsky.social #ResearchMethods #Education
Céline Thillou : Comment enseigner l’intégrité scientifique?
YouTube video by Académie de Médecine (ARMB)
youtu.be
July 29, 2025 at 9:06 AM
#ScienceIntegrity toujours avec Celine Thillou de l' @umons.bsky.social : Comment enseigner l’intégrité scientifique aux universitaires faisant leur thèse et aux promoteurs?
youtu.be/X1OqOuF2I9Y
#science 👩🔬 #AcademicSky #Belgium @wbe.bsky.social #ResearchMethods #Education
youtu.be/X1OqOuF2I9Y
#science 👩🔬 #AcademicSky #Belgium @wbe.bsky.social #ResearchMethods #Education
Après l'intégrité scientifique en Flandres et en Europe, le cas de la #France, avec Carole Chapin, PhD youtu.be/gHE9CdTyGd8 #ScienceIntegrity 🧪 #ResearchIntegrity #AcademicIntegrity #Science #Medsky #AcademicSky 👩🏼🔬 @hceres.bsky.social
Carole Chapin : L’intégrité scientifique en France, état des lieux
YouTube video by Académie de Médecine (ARMB)
youtu.be
July 28, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Après l'intégrité scientifique en Flandres et en Europe, le cas de la #France, avec Carole Chapin, PhD youtu.be/gHE9CdTyGd8 #ScienceIntegrity 🧪 #ResearchIntegrity #AcademicIntegrity #Science #Medsky #AcademicSky 👩🏼🔬 @hceres.bsky.social
"[Csaba Szabo’s] engaging book is stuffed with facts and evidence...His call to arms could not come soon enough."—Anna Abalkina, Nature. buff.ly/gi7LfTZ #BiomedicalResearch #ReproducibilityCrisis #ScienceIntegrity #BookReview #ReadUP nature.com
AI hype, crackling northern lights and more: take it all in with these holiday reads
Ten of Nature’s recent contributors share their current book obsessions.
buff.ly
July 24, 2025 at 1:02 PM
"[Csaba Szabo’s] engaging book is stuffed with facts and evidence...His call to arms could not come soon enough."—Anna Abalkina, Nature. buff.ly/gi7LfTZ #BiomedicalResearch #ReproducibilityCrisis #ScienceIntegrity #BookReview #ReadUP nature.com
Reparlons d'intégrité scientifique en Flandres et en #Europe avec Bert Seghers de la #VCWI & #ENRIO youtu.be/r4N70uuMeG0
#scienceintegrity #ResearchIntegrity #AcademicIntegrity #Science #Medsky #AcademicSky @sci-integrity.com @accountabilityair.bsky.social @cos.io @nrin-integrity.bsky.social
#scienceintegrity #ResearchIntegrity #AcademicIntegrity #Science #Medsky #AcademicSky @sci-integrity.com @accountabilityair.bsky.social @cos.io @nrin-integrity.bsky.social
Bert Seghers : L'intégrité scientifique : la situation en Flandre et en Europe
YouTube video by Académie de Médecine (ARMB)
youtu.be
July 24, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Reparlons d'intégrité scientifique en Flandres et en #Europe avec Bert Seghers de la #VCWI & #ENRIO youtu.be/r4N70uuMeG0
#scienceintegrity #ResearchIntegrity #AcademicIntegrity #Science #Medsky #AcademicSky @sci-integrity.com @accountabilityair.bsky.social @cos.io @nrin-integrity.bsky.social
#scienceintegrity #ResearchIntegrity #AcademicIntegrity #Science #Medsky #AcademicSky @sci-integrity.com @accountabilityair.bsky.social @cos.io @nrin-integrity.bsky.social
Are we unintentionally #encouraging the #wrong research #behaviors?
Read the full post: editorscafe.org/details.php?...
#AcademicPublishing #ResearchCulture #EditorVoices #PeerReview #ResponsibleResearch #EditorsCafe #ScienceIntegrity #PublishOrPerish #OpenScience #MentalHealthInAcademia
Read the full post: editorscafe.org/details.php?...
#AcademicPublishing #ResearchCulture #EditorVoices #PeerReview #ResponsibleResearch #EditorsCafe #ScienceIntegrity #PublishOrPerish #OpenScience #MentalHealthInAcademia
July 21, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Are we unintentionally #encouraging the #wrong research #behaviors?
Read the full post: editorscafe.org/details.php?...
#AcademicPublishing #ResearchCulture #EditorVoices #PeerReview #ResponsibleResearch #EditorsCafe #ScienceIntegrity #PublishOrPerish #OpenScience #MentalHealthInAcademia
Read the full post: editorscafe.org/details.php?...
#AcademicPublishing #ResearchCulture #EditorVoices #PeerReview #ResponsibleResearch #EditorsCafe #ScienceIntegrity #PublishOrPerish #OpenScience #MentalHealthInAcademia
I have now numbered his excuses from SUEDHOF1 ... SUEDHOF15 www.wjst.de/blog/science...
Medizin-Nobelpreisträger Thomas Südhof: Wie böse ist Wissenschaft?
Ein Nobelpreisträger im Büßergewand: Bei seinem ersten Auftritt auf der traditionsreichen Lindauer Nobelpreisträgertagung lieferte der Hirnforscher Thomas Südhof ein seltenes Meisterwerk von Selbstkri...
www.faz.net
July 18, 2025 at 8:57 AM
nature.com/articles/d41...
#ScienceIntegrity #ScientificPublishing #ResearchEthics #OpenScience #AcademicPublishing
#ScienceIntegrity #ScientificPublishing #ResearchEthics #OpenScience #AcademicPublishing
Low-quality papers based on public health data are flooding the scientific literature
The appearance of thousands of formulaic biomedical studies has been linked to the rise of text-generating AI tools.
nature.com
July 16, 2025 at 5:20 PM
When political agendas try to reshape science, integrity is the first casualty.
Assigning the power to “correct” scientific information to political appointees is not the way forward.
#ScienceIntegrity #ScientificFreedom #ResearchEthics #OpenScience
Assigning the power to “correct” scientific information to political appointees is not the way forward.
#ScienceIntegrity #ScientificFreedom #ResearchEthics #OpenScience
Subversion of publishing comes to a boil: is it time to lance it? | The British Journal of Psychiatry | Cambridge Core
Subversion of publishing comes to a boil: is it time to lance it?
doi.org
July 8, 2025 at 10:31 PM
When political agendas try to reshape science, integrity is the first casualty.
Assigning the power to “correct” scientific information to political appointees is not the way forward.
#ScienceIntegrity #ScientificFreedom #ResearchEthics #OpenScience
Assigning the power to “correct” scientific information to political appointees is not the way forward.
#ScienceIntegrity #ScientificFreedom #ResearchEthics #OpenScience
🟢 Nanoparticules, macro conséquences
Cette semaine on retrace l'affaire Jolanda Spadavecchia qui aura duré quatre ans pour déboucher sur deux ans d'exclusion et 17 publications à rétracter
themeta.news/nanoparticul...
#VeilleESR #ScienceIntegrity #Pubpeer
Cette semaine on retrace l'affaire Jolanda Spadavecchia qui aura duré quatre ans pour déboucher sur deux ans d'exclusion et 17 publications à rétracter
themeta.news/nanoparticul...
#VeilleESR #ScienceIntegrity #Pubpeer
June 13, 2025 at 1:42 PM
🟢 Nanoparticules, macro conséquences
Cette semaine on retrace l'affaire Jolanda Spadavecchia qui aura duré quatre ans pour déboucher sur deux ans d'exclusion et 17 publications à rétracter
themeta.news/nanoparticul...
#VeilleESR #ScienceIntegrity #Pubpeer
Cette semaine on retrace l'affaire Jolanda Spadavecchia qui aura duré quatre ans pour déboucher sur deux ans d'exclusion et 17 publications à rétracter
themeta.news/nanoparticul...
#VeilleESR #ScienceIntegrity #Pubpeer
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GitHub - cosig-pppr/cosig: The Collection of Open Science Integrity Guides (COSIG)
The Collection of Open Science Integrity Guides (COSIG) - cosig-pppr/cosig
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June 7, 2025 at 3:37 PM
COSIG is an open source project sustained by community contributions.
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This open source project is a collection of guides written and maintained by publication integrity experts to distribute domain-specific knowledge so that others can participate in post-publication peer review.
#ScienceIntegrity #ImageForensics #Sleuths #PaperMills
#ScienceIntegrity #ImageForensics #Sleuths #PaperMills
June 4, 2025 at 1:32 PM
This open source project is a collection of guides written and maintained by publication integrity experts to distribute domain-specific knowledge so that others can participate in post-publication peer review.
#ScienceIntegrity #ImageForensics #Sleuths #PaperMills
#ScienceIntegrity #ImageForensics #Sleuths #PaperMills
🚨 Concealing truth in public health doesn’t protect people — it endangers them.
Tuskegee. Opioids. COVID-19. The lesson is the same: When science bends to power, people
pay the price. #ScienceIntegrity #PublicTrust #HealthJustice bit.ly/43MPbsc
Tuskegee. Opioids. COVID-19. The lesson is the same: When science bends to power, people
pay the price. #ScienceIntegrity #PublicTrust #HealthJustice bit.ly/43MPbsc
June 1, 2025 at 7:01 PM
🚨 Concealing truth in public health doesn’t protect people — it endangers them.
Tuskegee. Opioids. COVID-19. The lesson is the same: When science bends to power, people
pay the price. #ScienceIntegrity #PublicTrust #HealthJustice bit.ly/43MPbsc
Tuskegee. Opioids. COVID-19. The lesson is the same: When science bends to power, people
pay the price. #ScienceIntegrity #PublicTrust #HealthJustice bit.ly/43MPbsc
8/ These issues aren’t small errors—they call into question the integrity of the report as a whole. Why rely on fabricated studies? And how is it that high-ranking officials are pushing this as science? 🤷♂️
#ScienceIntegrity #PoliticalManipulation #TrustInScience #PublicPolicy
#ScienceIntegrity #PoliticalManipulation #TrustInScience #PublicPolicy
May 29, 2025 at 8:06 PM
8/ These issues aren’t small errors—they call into question the integrity of the report as a whole. Why rely on fabricated studies? And how is it that high-ranking officials are pushing this as science? 🤷♂️
#ScienceIntegrity #PoliticalManipulation #TrustInScience #PublicPolicy
#ScienceIntegrity #PoliticalManipulation #TrustInScience #PublicPolicy
Traveling to Santa Barbara today for the 2025 @afar.org AFAR Grantee Conference and Glenn Workshop, where I will be on a #ScienceIntegrity panel with @charlespiller.bsky.social, Ivan Oransky, and Matthew Schrag, moderated by Stuart Firestein.
#AFAR2025
www.afar.org/2025-afar-gr...
#AFAR2025
www.afar.org/2025-afar-gr...
May 29, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Traveling to Santa Barbara today for the 2025 @afar.org AFAR Grantee Conference and Glenn Workshop, where I will be on a #ScienceIntegrity panel with @charlespiller.bsky.social, Ivan Oransky, and Matthew Schrag, moderated by Stuart Firestein.
#AFAR2025
www.afar.org/2025-afar-gr...
#AFAR2025
www.afar.org/2025-afar-gr...
Vance is highlighting the lack of transparency and consistency in some scientific studies. It's not about discrediting science, it's about ensuring its integrity. #ScienceIntegrity
May 25, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Vance is highlighting the lack of transparency and consistency in some scientific studies. It's not about discrediting science, it's about ensuring its integrity. #ScienceIntegrity
#scienceintegrity
Why Didier "hydrochloroquine prevents and cures covid" Raoult's group has reached 50 retractions.
(Spoiler alert: @elisabethbik.bsky.social was right.)
Why Didier "hydrochloroquine prevents and cures covid" Raoult's group has reached 50 retractions.
(Spoiler alert: @elisabethbik.bsky.social was right.)
Donc, l’IHU s’est vu rétracter 50 articles, 1 pour plagiat, 1 pour manipulation d’image et 48 pour des raisons éthiques. Commençons par la composition de ce comité d’éthique censé être indépendant ici en 2020.
1/22
ihu-correction.com/irb/2020-016...
1/22
ihu-correction.com/irb/2020-016...
May 10, 2025 at 1:42 PM
#scienceintegrity
Why Didier "hydrochloroquine prevents and cures covid" Raoult's group has reached 50 retractions.
(Spoiler alert: @elisabethbik.bsky.social was right.)
Why Didier "hydrochloroquine prevents and cures covid" Raoult's group has reached 50 retractions.
(Spoiler alert: @elisabethbik.bsky.social was right.)
Editorial: Censoring the scientific enterprise, one grant at a time #Science #ScienceHistory #ScienceIntegrity #ResearchFunding #AcademicFreedom
Editorial: Censoring the scientific enterprise, one grant at a time
Over the last two weeks, in response to Executive Order 14035, the National Science Foundation (NSF) has discontinued funding for research on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), as well as support...
purescience.news
May 3, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Editorial: Censoring the scientific enterprise, one grant at a time #Science #ScienceHistory #ScienceIntegrity #ResearchFunding #AcademicFreedom