December 31, 2007
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Credibility of Science Journals Under Scrutiny - LV Guardian Express
Normally, the discovery of a potential new treatment for cancer would be considered good news; but when the study conducted on the substance is fake, and deeply flawed because it is meant to raise the eyebrows of, and be rejected by science journals, and it is still accepted for publication, the c... READ MORE>>
Some Online Journals Will Publish Fake Science, For A Fee - NPR
Richard Knox Many online journals are ready to publish bad research in exchange for a credit card number. That's the conclusion of an elaborate sting carried out by Science, a leading mainline journal. The result should trouble doctors, patients, policymakers and anyone who has a stake in the i... READ MORE>>
What’s the difference between plagiarism and “unintended and unknowing breach of copyright?” - Retraction Watch
In our work here at Retraction Watch, we’ve seen a number of euphemisms for plagiarism. (See slides 18-22 of this presentation for a selection.) Today, in following up on a case we covered last month, we’ve learned of a new way to avoid saying the dreaded p-word. We reported in June that sex res... READ MORE>>
May university rankings help uncover problematic or fraudulent research?
Paul Wouters Can one person manipulate the position of a whole university in a university ranking such as the Leiden Ranking? The answer is, unfortunately, sometimes yes – provided the processes of quality control in journals do not function properly. A Turkish colleague recently alerted us to th... READ MORE>>
Journal retracts paper for plagiarism, but mathematician author doesn’t agree - Retraction Watch
The Journal of Mathematical Physics has retracted a paper by a prolific mathematician in Turkey who doesn’t agree that he plagiarized. Here’s the notice, for “Homotopy perturbation method to obtain exact special solutions with solitary patterns for Boussinesq-like B(m,n) equations with fully nonl... READ MORE>>
The Dark Alleys of Turkish Academia
Debora Weber-Wulff I published a short note in September 2012 about the work of a group of academics in Turkey. A. Murat Eren has now organized a translation of their work into English so that a wider group of scientists can take a peek into the very dark alleys of Turkish academia. ht... READ MORE>>
Düsseldorf Rescinds Doctorate of Education Minister Schavan - Copy, Shake and Paste
The dean of the Arts and Humanities faculty of the University of Düsseldorf announced on the evening of February 5, 2013, that the faculty board voted 13:2 that the dissertation of Annette Schavan is a plagiarism. They also voted 12:2:1 to rescind her doctorate.There will be a flurry of press re... READ MORE>>
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