The threat of paper mills
What threats do paper mills present to the scientific archive. We explore some of this in this article.
Integrity
Social media transparency in academic publishing
While recognising that anonymity on social media is sometimes necessary (I flew under the radar for six years) there are times when it is important to be more open.
Five things we can do to help stop unethical publishing
Here are five suggestions that we think will help stop unethical publishing. Do you agree?
An evidence based approach to publishers and journals
We are starting to look more robustly at journals and publishers. The article contains more details.
Did these eight authors start buying authorships in 2022?
A paper was retracted as eight authors were added without the journal’s permission. We take a look at the profile of those eight authors.
Is Big Pharma using OMICS to publish ‘sketchy’ articles?
“With help from drug companies, Omics International is making millions as it roils the scientific community with sketchy publications.” You need to read this article.
Who reviewed this paper? We take a guess
Following a tweet, we look at a paper that had many citations to one particular scholar and also to the journal he edits.
Should it take three years to investigate a paper?
Ethical concerns were raised about three years ago, saying that a paper contained fake meta-analysis. The publisher says that it is still under investigation. We give our thoughts.
Elsevier changed a published paper without any explanation
Elsevier carried out a “stealth change” to a published paper. We look at the details.
There appears to be a black market for MDPI vouchers
There appears to be a market for MDPI vouchers. You provide any vouchers you have and “they” give you an authorship.