Thank you to Peter Judodihardjo for highlighting our work in his recent YouTube video (see: youtube.com/watch?v=QTZ5_T…). If you want to watch from where our tweet is mentioned (75 seconds), take a look at youtube.com/watch?v=QTZ5_T… Thanks again Pete Judo.

The PLOS Publication Ethics team is recruiting a new Publishing Editor. This role is well-suited to individuals who have experience in publishing operations or in editorial assistant/associate roles. If you are interested, please check the job listing: us241.dayforcehcm.com/CandidatePorta…

This article about papermills in the Economist is over a decade old. Food for thought! economist.com/china/2013/10/…

"The paper mill crisis is a five-alarm fire for science: what can librarians do about it?" | UKSG | Curtis Brundy | buff.ly/3XQCSbK

Sometimes, this place is just gold…

What happened to Windows copilot recently? Did someone add 'be chirpy and annoying' to the standard prompt?

I really want to know how Facebook ended up becoming what OpenAI was supposed to be.

Having a science background is great and all right up until you realise you're eating sand.

An article that highlights a recent meeting of scientific sleuths in Porto in which I participated. What? You don't read Portuguese? publico.pt/2024/07/21/cie…

I haven't had a chance to read this yet, but it ought to be interesting!

My first machine-learning project. We used an algorithm to detect disease using high-dimensional data. In some ways, it's not so different to what I do now. I thought it would be nice to revisit it, but realised that it was published before the days of OA. bjoms.com/article/S0266-…

Does astrology work? We tested the ability of 152 astrologers to see if they could demonstrate genuine astrological skill. Here is how the study was designed and what we found (including a result that really surprised me): 🧵

Our new video provides a brief introduction to the problem of #papermills. It’s free to use under a Creative Commons CC BY NC ND licence. -- Our discussion primer is here: lnkd.in/dhhesbJP United to Act: united2act.org #researchintegrity #academicintegrity

Great advice by Prof Lennart Nacke, PhD that could also help readers to detect publications from #PaperMills. Don't take conclusions at face value, particularly in papers that examine generic research questions that are poorly justified by the prior literature

Exclusive: Thousands of papers misidentify microscopes, in possible sign of misconduct retractionwatch.com/2024/08/27/exc…

This is a splendid piece of work.

Delighted to have had a day in London meeting with Adam Day talking all things publishing integrity and paper mills.

This is weird. I used to order tomato juice (or Bloody Marys or, if in Canada, the Caesar) before getting on planes. Seems I was doing it wrong. youtu.be/vjDYfvPW4mA?si…