"A call for research to address the threat of paper mills" 5 key questions that need resourcing & support Proof: journals.plos.org/plosbiology/ar… 💙 Anna Abalkina @abalkina.bsky.social Jana Christopher Dr. Sarah Elaine Eaton🇨🇦 Nick Wise Jen Wright #United2Act co-authors & members COPE STM PLOS Biology

📢 MetaROR was launched last week, but what exactly is it all about? If you were wondering the same, the online launch event tomorrow is for you! 📅 26 November 🕓 16:00-17:30 CET Register here 👉 eventbrite.co.uk/e/introducing-… Research on Research Institute (RoRI)

#PaperMills are covert organizations that provide dodgy manuscripts to paying clients; Prof Jennifer Byrne 🧬 & other members of the #United2Act Research Working Group propose 5 key questions about paper mills that require resourcing & support #PLOSBiology plos.io/492fAmV

Call for research to address the threat of paper mills. Five key questions (KQ’s) for research to address the threat of paper mills. journals.plos.org/plosbiology/ar… journals.plos.org/plosbiology/ar…

The article by Parker et. al., 2024 (jclinepi.com/article/S0895-…) gave me inspiration for writing this blog post (nathannerost.wixsite.com/therostscience…).

Happy Advent!🎄Day 10. This is a special 10th case on a special day for me due to my Nature's 10 award (nature.com/articles/d4158…). You can train your skills to become a sleuth yourself. #fraudbuster papermills.tilda.ws/advent -all cases Days 1-10 papermills.tilda.ws/advent10 -case Day 10

Chasing non-existent “microRNAs” in cancer | bioRxiv Way too much "Chasing non-existent" in recent times in science biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

🙏Danielle Gerhard The Scientist : Detection or Deception: The Double-Edged Sword of AI in Research Misconduct w/ research/ resources by Danielle Oste Pranujan Pathmendra Guillaume Cabanac ⟨here and elsewhere⟩ Proofig AI Vinu Sankar Sadasivan Fighting AI misuse with AI isn't yet 100% reliable the-scientist.com/detection-or-d…

Two-year collaboration aims to create tools to help counter the tide of flawed research nature.com/articles/d4158…

"Recent encounters with atom-thin salami slicing. . . the practice of taking a set of research findings and splitting them up into as many publishable papers as possible." reeserichardson.blog/2024/12/30/rec…

Congrats spencer hong (he/his) on a great thesis seminar!

The 9th WCRI conference wcri2026.org is seeking session proposals for the 2026 programme. Proposals are due 14 April 2025, & need to be supported by a member of the programme committee: wcri2026.org/committees-boa… Please start planning-we look forward to hearing from you!!

Congratulations to Prof Jennifer Byrne Prof Jennifer Byrne 🧬 on receiving the 2025 David Vaux Research Integrity Fellowship Award from Australian Academy of Science! This award recognises Prof Byrne’s outstanding efforts in fostering & promoting integrity in science. Read more: science.org.au/news-and-event…

Congratulations to Professor Jennifer Byrne (Prof Jennifer Byrne 🧬) from University of Sydney and NSW Health Pathology who is the 2025 recipient of the Academy's David Vaux Research Integrity Fellowship Award. The award recognises individuals who have led efforts to foster and promote integrity in

“Professor renowned for expunging fake research receives David Vaux Fellowship.” science.org.au/news-and-event…

Exclusive: These universities have the most retracted scientific articles A first-of-its-kind analysis reveals which institutions are retraction hotspots Read the full story here: go.nature.com/4gMhkmG

More people are asking generative AI questions about their health. But the wrong answer can be risky theconversation.com/more-people-ar… via The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand

Would you contribute to an online digital voice bank?🖥️🗣️ 🤔 We're conducting a survey to understand public perceptions toward online voice biobanking. If you're aged 18 to 85, with or without a voice problem, we'd love to hear from you! Survey here 👉sydney.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9Q…

Low-quality papers are surging by exploiting public data sets and AI: Paper mills are also likely contributing to “false discoveries” science.org/content/articl… via Cathleen O'Grady