How to spot fake scientists and stop them from publishing papers
Beatriz Ychussie’s career in mathematics seemed to be going really well. She worked at Roskilde University in Denmark…
The first eight | Nature Physics
Zapperi, S., Castellano, C., Colaiori, F. & Durin, G. Nat. Phys. 1, 46–49 (2005). Article Google Scholar Papanikolaou,…
Low quality papers are flooding the cancer literature — can this AI tool help to catch them?
Credit: Malik Evren/iStock via Getty An artificial intelligence (AI) tool that scans manuscript titles and abstracts has flagged…
why I’m happy to admit to my research failures, and you should too
The open-science movement has promoted the sharing of scientific protocols, statistical-analysis programs and data files. These efforts have…
PRH Canada Waves the Flag
So far this year, Penguin Random House Canada is seeing an uptick in sales across multiple categories. CEO…
McKinstry employment update | Spokane Journal of Business
McKinstry Co. is fueling an employment boom among skilled trades at its two West Plains facilities, says Gabe…
Megan Greenwell on holding out for the once-in-a-lifetime book idea
Megan Greenwell. Photo by Loreto Caceres Story Annotations The author of “Bad Company” on the merits of waiting…
how to fight back against a peer-review bully
Nyssa Silbiger still recalls the rude remark that reviewer three made in 2014 about her first paper describing…
Europe’s largest paper mill? 1,500 research articles linked to Ukrainian network
Paper mills often produce papers with fabricated data or sell authorships to researchers.Credit: Lane Erickson/Alamy An investigation has…
Research posts on Bluesky are more original — and get better engagement
Researchers and academics have flocked to Bluesky. Credit: Matteo Della Torre/NurPhoto via Getty Posts about research on Bluesky…
The unexpected value of communicating science to the public
Rust, N. C. Our memory is even better than experts thought. Sci. Am. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/our-memory-is-even-better-than-experts-thought/ (2021). Sutton, R. S.…
Peer reviewers more likely to approve articles that cite their own work
Reviewers are more likely to approve a manuscript if their own work is cited in subsequent versions than…