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Jun 18, 20242 min read

STM Integrity Hub

Issue #78 by Michael Seadle Joris van Rossum wrote a guest post for the Scholarly Kitchen on 23 May 2024. His topic was the STM Integrity...

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Jun 4, 20242 min read

Faked Data

Issue #77 by Michael Seadle Fake data is the most serious type of research integrity problem, because science builds on past results and...

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Jun 4, 20242 min read

Should AI code be available for reviewers?

Issue #76 by Michael Seadle According to a Retraction Watch post by Ivan Oransky on 14 May 2024, “[a] group of researchers is taking...

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May 22, 20242 min read

The Publication Challenges of Group Authorship

Issue #75 by Michael Seadle The problem grows out of how scholars cite papers. As Robert Thibault writes in the LSE Blog: “... we...

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May 7, 20242 min read

Politics and Junk Science

Issue #74 Abortion is a hot political topic in the US at the moment. Many scholarly articles are cited on both sides. Jessica Glenza...

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Apr 23, 20242 min read

The Impact Factor Obsession

Issue #73 David W. Onstad and Karen R. Sime wrote an article about “The ethical and social effects of the obsession over Journal Impact...

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Apr 23, 20242 min read

Concurrent Evidence

Issue #72 On 7 March, Tsuyoshi Hondou and Ismael Rafols posted a blog entry on Leidenmadtrics called “Concurrent Evidence: A Framework...

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Mar 26, 20242 min read

The Paper Mill Tool in Action

Issue #71 On 14 March 2024, Ivan Oransky of Retraction Watch reported about a pilot “Papermill Detection service” that “... flagged...

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