Testing the consistency of reported machine learning performance scores by the mlscorecheck package
towards data science,
AI (Dall-E) generated depiction of the topicA small step towards the big leap of reproducible machine learning scienceIn this…
Embaralhe as cartas e distribua novamente
SciELO em Perspectiva,
Por Ernesto…
Anniversaire des 15 ans de PLOS ONE : une grande avancée pour la publication scientifique
Revues et intégrité,
PLOS ONE a été la première mégarevue, lancée le 20 décembre 2006, par la bibliothèque de l’Université de Standford. Ce sont 15…
PLOS ONE 15 Year Anniversary: Staff Editors’ Favorites
EveryONE,
This year, PLOS ONE celebrates its 15 year anniversary. Over this period the journal has published over a quarter of a million…
Vrednotenje raziskovalne dejavnosti v dobi globalnega segrevanja
Metina lista,
Kaj je cilj znanstvenih raziskav? Za koga oz. kaj raziskujemo? To ne bo ena klasičnih polemik glede pomanjkljivosti…
Guest Post — The 10,000-watt Bulb: How Preprints Shine a Light on Misconduct
The Scholarly Kitchen,
Michele Avissar of Research Square discusses the value of preprints for uncovering unethical and fraudulent research behaviors…
Fake news og alternative facts i forskningsverdenen – tid til at styrke forskningsintegriteten
Forksningspolitikk,
I en tid, hvor vi i stigende grad må forholde os til fake news og alternative facts, er det vigtigere end nogensinde, at vi kan…
Éthique et intégrité scientifique : la recherche est-elle « vérolée » ?
Academia,
par Omar El…
Greta Thunberg And Eco-Eugenics
Great Climate Debate,
Postil Magazine October 1, 2019 | B.E. Vaillant Is fame random? Or, is fame the result of access to power? The recent…
Researchers Won't Cooperate With a Survey Asking About Their Questionable Practices
Future and Cosmos,
In the journal Science there was recently an article with a headline "Largest ever research integrity survey flounders as…
Coronavirus Treatment Retraction Shows The Life Sciences Are Too Often ‘A House Built On Sand’
Science 2.0,
The International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents has already retracted a March 20th paper analyzing hydroxychloroquine as a…
Les preuves d’une thérapie fondée sur des preuves ne sont pas aussi claires que nous le pensions
Actualité Houssenia Writing,
Au cours de la dernière décennie, de nombreux chercheurs ont remis en question la crédibilité de la recherche dans divers…
A reflection on current academia reality: is it gaining religious features?
Euroscientist Blog,
Science is probably the last bastion of true freethinking but is being swallowed by this make-money-get-profit world. Science…
The evidence for evidence-based therapy is not as clear as we thought
Big Think,
Over the past decade, many scholars have questioned the credibility of research across a variety of scientific fields. Some of…
The evidence for evidence-based therapy is not as clear as we thought
AEON,
Over the past decade, many scholars have questioned the credibility of research across a variety of scientific fields. Some of…
Some data and historical perspective on scientific misconduct
Dynamic Ecology,
There’s been much discussion recently of irregularities in the raw data underpinning numerous papers by prominent behavioral…
El fraude y las malas prácticas en ciencia
Cuaderno de Cultura Científica,
Fraude y malas prácticas ha habido desde hace mucho tiempo. Hay documentados multitud de casos, incluso entre los científicos más…
How to evaluate a manuscript critically: 12 questions you should always ask yourself
Research Tools,
Source: https://publons.com/blog/how-to-critically-evaluate-a-manuscript-12-questions-you-should-always-ask-yourself…
Interface ciência-público em tempos de correção da literatura científica: Questões éticas contemporâneas
SciELO em Perspectiva,
Por Suzana Liskauskas e Sonia…
Scientific-public interface in times of correction of scientific literature: Contemporary ethical issues
SciELO in Perspective,
The process of correcting scientific literature becomes increasingly accelerated and reflects, among several factors, a greater…
Episode 134: Replication Crisis!
The Winnipeg Skeptics,
On this episode of Life, the Universe
Wissenschaftliches Fehlverhalten und Drittmittel – empirische Befunde
MATHEMATIK IM ALLTAG,
Wohlstand und Entwicklung moderner Gesellschaften hängen in hohem Maße von der Qualität wissenschaftlicher Erkenntnis ab. Fälle…
Bias and Deception in Behavioral Research
Mad In America,
In my 2017 e-book Schizophrenia and Genetics: The End of an Illusion (and in previous publications), I showed that the famous…
A Modern Scientists’ Dilemma
Science Buffs,
Not every debate can be solved in the lab, especially political debate. Before I scare you off, we’re not going to delve into…
Fake news, lies, fraud, errors and statistics. St.Emlyn’s
St.Emlyn's Blog,
St.Emlyn's - Emergency Medicine #FOAMed One of the most inspiring talks at SMACC Dub was delivered by John Carlisle on the…
Formal recognition for peer review will propel research forward
Impact of Social Sciences,
Academic research has been beset by a number of disturbing problems in recent years; from the reproducibility crisis and long…
Openness is the only quality of an academic article that can be objectively measured
SciELO in Perspective,
Quality of scientific research articles is a widespread preoccupation in academic circles. The most used proxy is based on…
How to critically evaluate a manuscript: 12 questions you should always ask yourself
Publons,
It's finally happened: you have received your first invitation to peer review. You accept, pick up your red pen, and shuffle…
Academic Perversion
Pop Psychology,
As an instructor, I have made it my business to enact a unique kind of assessment policy for my students. Specifically, all…
How can we tackle the thorny problem of fraudulent research? | Mike Marinetto
Science news, comment and analysis | theguardian.com,
Misconduct in academia isn’t rampant but should be taken more seriously: let’s consider independent anti-corruption…
Stopping the slide to research fraud [News]
Canadian Medical Association Journal current issue,
The high-tech war on science fraud
Science news, comment and analysis | theguardian.com,
The problem of fake data may go far deeper than scientists admit. Now a team of researchers has a controversial plan to root…
Chinese BioMedical Research: Sturgeon’s Law In Action
Science-Based Medicine,
A Chinese government investigation has found that 80%, yes eighty percent, of Chinese biomedical research is fabricated. I…
David Rosenthal: More Is Not Better
Planet Code4Lib,
Quite a few of my recent posts have been about how the mainstream media is catching on to the corruption of science caused by…
What funding agencies and journals can do to prevent sloppy science
Euroscientist Blog,
In May 2017, the 5th World Conference on Research Integrity will take place in Amsterdam. It will provide an opportunity to…
The danger of overselling science
Guest Work,
By Natalie Rens, The University of Queensland and Kelsey S. Palghat, The University of…
Denmark court clears controversial psychologist of misconduct charges
Retraction Watch,
A Danish court has determined that psychologist Helmuth Nyborg did not commit misconduct in a controversial 2011 paper which…
Another Anti-GMO Paper Retracted
Science-Based Medicine,
The heart of Federico Infascelli’s questionable claims. Retraction Watch is a great website. As the name implies, it focuses…
Science Frauds III – Publishing Pressure or Lust for Fame?
Research Blogging - All Topics - English,
The final conclusion of the Science Fraud series: do more and more scientists lie because of publishing pressure? It's not that…
Faking Peer-Review
NeuroLogica Blog,
I think we just have to face it – humans are cheaters. It’s in our nature. We are also complex social creatures. The result…
Activists Misuse Open Records Requests To Harass Researchers
I Fucking Love Science,
Editor's…
If Science is Broken – How Can We Fix It?
removed.com,
By Sarah Boon, Ph.D. In the previous post we discussed the idea of science being broken, a crisis driven by a combination of…
Psychology Journal Bans Significance Testing
Science-Based Medicine,
This is perhaps the first real crack in the wall for the almost-universal use of the null hypothesis significance testing…
What pushes scientists to lie? The disturbing but familiar story of Haruko Obokata
Investor Stemcell,
The year 2014 was one of extremes for Haruko Obokata. A year of high highs and even lower lows. Barely 30 years old, she was…
Danish high court clears Pedersen in misconduct case
Retraction Watch - duplicate deactivated,
Lawyers one, scientists nil. Danish judges have overruled scientists in that nation, concluding that a panel of experts erred…
What pushes scientists to lie? The disturbing but familiar story of Haruko Obokata
Science news, comment and analysis | theguardian.com,
The spectacular fall of the Japanese scientist who claimed to have triggered stem cell abilities in regular body cells is not…
What pushes scientists to lie? The disturbing but familiar story of Haruko Obokata
Science news, comment and analysis | theguardian.com,
The spectacular fall of the Japanese scientist who claimed to have triggered stem cell abilities in regular body cells is not…
A Primer on Publication Ethics
SAGE Connection - Insight,
This article originally appeared in the December 2014 issue of the Medico-Legal Journal under the title, “Publication Ethics.…
A Primer on Plagiarism and Other Publishing Sins
social science space,
In academic publishing, are too many authors just playing with the idea of ethics? Academic publication is the cornerstone of…
“Research misconduct accounts for a small percentage of total funding”: Study
Retraction Watch,
How much money does scientific fraud waste? That’s an important question, with an answer that may help determine how much…
We Must Resist the Pressure to Be Interesting
social science space,
Imagine you’re a scientist. You’re interested in testing the hypothesis that playing violent video games makes people more…
How often do economists commit misconduct?
Retraction Watch,
We haven’t covered that many retractions in economics, and a 2012 paper found very few such retractions. Now, a new study based…
PLOS One Output Drops - AAAS Cackles Like Scrooge McDuck
Hank's blog,
Can you imagine how difficult it is to juggle peer review for 10,000 published studies per year? That's 40 every single working…
Mitos na ciência: A ciência é autocorretiva?
Gene Repórter,
Mito: "A ciência é autocorretiva."Status: Não tão verdadeiro quanto seria necessário ou desejável.É verdade que há incontáveis…
How common is scientific misconduct in Nigeria?
Retraction Watch,
We’ve only covered one retraction from Nigeria. But as we’ve often noted, retraction rates don’t necessarily correlate with…
Three Ways of Blowing the Whistle
Phenomena » Not Exactly Rocket Science,
Scientific fraud is a serious problem. In 2009, Daniele Fanelli from the University of Edinburgh analysed the results of…
Is Science Broken?
NeuroLogica Blog,
Skeptics are often in a tricky position. We simultaneously are cheerleaders for science, promoting science education…
Tod, Karriereende oder einfach egal: Die Auswirkungen von wissenschaftlichem Fehlverhalten
WeiterGen,
Wie sieht es denn eigentlich aktuell mit dem Plagiatsverfahren zur Doktorarbeit von Norbert Lammert aus? Laut Spiegel online dau…
Are US behavioral science researchers more likely to exaggerate their results?
Retraction Watch - duplicate deactivated,
When Retraction Watch readers think of problematic psychology research, their minds might naturally turn to Diederik Stapel…
“Why Has the Number of Scientific Retractions Increased?” New study tries to answer
Retraction Watch - duplicate deactivated,
The title of this post is the title of a new study in PLOS ONE by three researchers whose names Retraction Watch readers may…
“Why Has the Number of Scientific Retractions Increased?” New study tries to answer
Retraction Watch - duplicate deactivated,
The title of this post is the title of a new study in PLOS ONE by three researchers whose names Retraction Watch readers may…
Get Science Right: Covering Fraud
United Academics,
What happens when scientists do wrong? In the search for truth and answers, scientists often get it wrong. That’s the way…
Rooting out bad science
CJR,
The extraordinary case of academic fraudster Diederick Stapel followed the typical narrative of a scientific scandal. A…
Spring (and Scientific Fraud) Is Busting Out All Over
Talking back,
Summaries of a survey on scientific fraud in medical faculties in the Flanders region of…
Spring (and Scientific Fraud) Is Busting Out All Over
Talking back,
I went to a panel discussion at the New York Academy of Sciences on the evening of April 30th that addressed the topic of…
Publish and Perish: Aspects of Science Fraud
The Beast, the Bard and the Bot,
If you want to make it in the academic world, you better publish. A lot. Preferably in so-called high-impact journals. Otherwise…
Fraud in Flemish science
The Citation Culture,
Almost half of Flemish medical researchers have witnessed a form of scientific fraud in their direct environment. One in twelve…
One in twelve Belgian medical scientists admits having “made up and/or massaged data”: Survey
Retraction Watch - duplicate deactivated,
A recently released survey of Belgian scientists suggests that Flemish medical researchers admit to having made up or massaged…
One in twelve Belgian medical scientists admits having “made up and/or massaged data”: Survey
Retraction Watch - duplicate deactivated,
A recently released survey of Belgian scientists suggests that Flemish medical researchers admit to having made up or massaged…
The three sources of distortion of science news
Euroscientist Blog,
In the context of the relationship between science, media and ethics, there are three major players: news…
Not in my journal: Two editors take stock of misconduct in their fields — and don’t find much
Retraction Watch - duplicate deactivated,
Today brings two journal editorials about misconduct and retractions. They take, if we may, a bit of an optimistic and perhaps…
Not in my journal: Two editors take stock of misconduct in their fields — and don’t find much
Retraction Watch - duplicate deactivated,
Today brings two journal editorials about misconduct and retractions. They take, if we may, a bit of an optimistic and perhaps…
Life as a Palaeontologist: Academia, the Internet and Creative Commons
www.palaeontologyonline.com,
by Ross Mounce*1 Introduction: The results of scientific research can be of interest to experts and non-experts alike. This is…
Risk factors for fraud and academic misconduct in the social sciences
Rene Bekkers,
This note (also available in pdf here) aims to feed the discussion about how to deal with fraud and other forms of academic…
Interactions: The Trailblazers and the Whistleblowers
Altmetric.com,
The blog post that became a…
Tackling the F word – guest post by Chris Chambers
Sifting the Evidence,
As Pete Etchells announced on Tuesday, he and I are organising a session at Spot On London, in their Policy sessions stream…
Opaque Retraction Notices Hiding Growing Culture of Misconduct Incentivized by Academic Career Pressures? (kudos to PNAS paper
Medical Writing, Editing & Grantsmanship,
Given recent discussions with authors being asked to sign opaque retraction notices (and no explanation even to them as to why…
Majority of retractions are due to misconduct: Study confirms opaque notices distort the scientific record
Retraction Watch - duplicate deactivated,
A new study out in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) today finds that two-thirds of retractions are…
Young scientists: Responsible researchers or political strategists?
Beakers, Bench and Beyond - Blog posts,
Responsible Conduct of Research, just words to new students? I spent the last two days facilitating a course in Responsible…
20 Things You Didn't Know About... Science Fraud | DISCOVER Magazine
Discover Top Stories,
1. What evil lurks in the hearts of scientists? Behavioral ecologist Daniele Fanelli knows. In a meta-analysis of 18 surveys of…
March’s SoNYC: On setting the research record straight – What retractions tell us.
Of Schemes and Memes Blog,
Richard Van Noorden, Assistant News Editor at Nature, gives us an overview of what retractions can tell us about setting the…
A Scientist’s Worst Nightmare
Neurobonkers.com,
I recently received an email inviting me to comment on the infographic below which makes some pretty startling claims. I…
The “responsible conduct of research” is not limited to properly obtained consent
Public Library of Science - PLoS ONE Blog,
Today we published the article,Willingness to Share Research Data Is Related to the Strength of the Evidence and the Quality of…
EDITORIAL: Drug targets slip-sliding away
Spoonful of Medicine - Blog Posts,
Papers trumpeting new drug targets are a staple of biomedical journals such as Nature Medicine, but their claims are viewed…
Diederik Stapel and the frequency of scientific shenanigans
Persistent Astonishment,
On August 27, two junior researchers working with the Dutch social psychologist Diederik Stapel at Tilburg University contacted…
In which I disagree with Brian Deer on the issue of how to deal with scientific fraud
Respectful Insolence,
I admire Brian Deer. I really do. He's put up with incredible amounts of abuse and gone to amazing lengths to unmask the…
They did a bad bad thing
The Sceptical Chymist - Blog Posts,
[This post is based on the editorial in the May 2011 issue — the full text can be accessed here, available for free to all…
Scientific Fraud: How Often and How Much?
In the Pipeline,
Study puts a price on investigating bad behavior
Spoonful of Medicine - Blog Posts,
Rafała wypiski z prasy
nic prostszego,
Lies, damned lies, and scientific misconduct
Just A Theory,
“Science is inevitably biased to some extent,” says Dr Daniele Fanelli, “because it’s made by human beings.” One might easily…
¿Cuántos científicos falsifican sus datos?
GOLEM Blog,
How many scientists fabricate or falsify their research?
NEQNET: The world of theoretical physics,
This is the title of a rather intriguing paper recently published in PLos ONE. As it turns out, approximately 72% of…