German scientists and doctoral students are signing an open letter to the German Chancellor by the droves. There are some 7000 signatures as of Feb. 26, 2011. >>>
February 26, 2011
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Diederik Stapel: The Lying Dutchman - The Washington Post
By Joel AchenbachBig science news today out of the Netherlands: A top social scientist, Diederik Stapel, of Tilburg University, has been suspended after an investigation showed that he’s been fabricating his data for years. This may seem far away and esoteric in the extreme, but there’s collate... READ MORE>>
Summation Letter on Plagiarism Case: Psychopathy requires legal entitlement, not logic or shame
Zahir EbrahimThis is to summarize the situation since my discovery of the masterpiece of plagiarism in a tortuous system of willfully aiding and abetting the theft of intellectual property amidst lip-service to high piety, on Sept. 28, 2011.Over a hundred senior academics and senior civil servants o... READ MORE>>
Foreign student rule-breaking: culture clash or survival skills? -TIMES HIGHER EDUCATION
Jon MarcusNorth American administrators call high rates of plagiarism 'tip of the iceberg'. Jon Marcus reportsGary Pavela remembers being surprised by the defiant reaction of a visiting student from China who he confronted over a clear-cut incident of plagiarism."But in my culture, we view it as hon... READ MORE>>
Retracted Science and the Retraction Index
Ferric C. Fang, Editor in ChiefArturo Casadevall, Editor in ChiefR. P. Morrison, EditorInfection and Immunity Articles may be retracted when their findings are no longer considered trustworthy due to scientific misconduct or error, they plagiarize previously published work, or th... READ MORE>>
Science publishing: The trouble with retractions - NATURE
A surge in withdrawn papers is highlighting weaknesses in the system for handling them.Richard Van NoordenThis week, some 27,000 freshly published research articles will pour into the Web of Science, Thomson Reuters' vast online database of scientific publications. Almost all of these papers will st... READ MORE>>
Paper mill websites increase in Turkey
Çağla Pınar Tunçel - Hürriyet Daily NewsAcademics have decried the rise in the number of Turkish “paper mill” websites offering to write theses for students, yet company officials have defended their business, saying they are legal even as scholars warn of the ramifications.“Our company, which is ru... READ MORE>>
Publish-or-perish: Peer review and the corruption of science - The Guardian
David Colquhoun Pressure on scientists to publish has led to a situation where any paper, however bad, can now be printed in a journal that claims to be peer-reviewed.Peer review is the process that decides whether your work gets published in an academic journal. It doesn't work ve... READ MORE>>
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