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20 Years Ago, Research Fraud Catalyzed the Anti-Vaccination Movement. Let’s Not Repeat History.
20 Years Ago, Research Fraud Catalyzed the Anti-Vaccination Movement. Let’s Not Repeat History.
How Andrew Wakefield’s shoddy science fueled autism-vaccine fears.
Sliced And Diced: The Inside Story Of How An Ivy League Food Scientist Turned Shoddy Data Into Viral Studies
Sliced And Diced: The Inside Story Of How An Ivy League Food Scientist Turned Shoddy Data Into Viral Studies
Brian Wansink won fame, funding, and influence for his science-backed advice on healthy eating. Now, emails show how the Cornell professor and his colleagues have hacked and massaged low-quality data into headline-friendly studies to “go virally big time.”
Why Scientists Accused of Sexual Misconduct Can Still Get Government Grants
The U.S. government does not consider sexual harassment a form of scientific misconduct. Should it?
Academic Popularity Contests
The Journal of Vibroengineering in December retracted three papers after becoming suspicious that one of the authors had convinced other researchers to cite his work.
US Science Agency Will Require Universities to Report Sexual Harassment
US Science Agency Will Require Universities to Report Sexual Harassment
The National Science Foundation says institutions it supports must disclose when researchers are found to have violated policies or are put on leave pending investigation.
Kid Co-Authors in South Korea Spur Government Probe
The South Korean government is expanding an investigation into researchers who named their children as co-authors on papers.
Science Suffers from Harassment
The nearly 60,000-member American Geophysical Union took the bold step of revising its ethics policy to treat harassment, discrimination and bullying as scientific misconduct, with the same types of penalties for offenders. Other scientific organizations have not adopted that standard.
Nobel Laureate Suggests he Could Resign from Leadership Post
Nobel laureate Shinya Yamanaka suggested at a press conference that Kyoto University in Japan could ask him to resign over fraud committed by one of his center’s scientists.
Disagreement over the Legal Definition of Misconduct
A dispute between Australia’s major research funding agencies and universities over the definition of research misconduct has revealed global inconsistencies in the way misconduct is defined and regulated, as well as its ambiguous legal status.
PNAS Editor-in-Chief Placed on Leave
In a gender discrimination lawsuit against the Salk Institute, a female scientist alleges that biologist Inder Verma was dismissive of his female colleagues.
Why Scientists Need to Do More About Research Fraud
More than just an academic problem: on the repercussions of scienctific misconduct on the careers of honest and hard-working scientists.
7 Years Before Russia Hacked the Election, someone Did the Same Thing to These Scientists
7 Years Before Russia Hacked the Election, someone Did the Same Thing to These Scientists
"Why does this story sound so darned familiar?"
Bullies Have No Place in Academia - Even if They're Star Scientists
My bullying supervisor damaged my mental health. But when I decided to stand up to them, I received no support from my university.
I Spoke Up Against My Harasser — and Paid a Steep Price
Professional isolation and stress-induced illness during a protracted investigation leave a survivor to wonder: Would keeping quiet have been the wiser choice?
Nine Researchers Sue University of Rochester Over Sexual-Harassment Allegations
Lawsuit alleges that the institution mishandled complaints about cognitive scientist Florian Jaeger.
Book Dissects Research Fraud from an Organizational Level
Using a database of 750 cases of research fraud from around the world, professors examine fraud as a phenomenon, tracing its history and trajectory and looking at what can be done about it.
Harassment in Science Is Real
"…cultural change rests with individual scientists, teams, and professional societies."
Authorship and Citation Manipulation in Academic Research
Authorship and Citation Manipulation in Academic Research
Some scholars add authors to their research papers or grant proposals even when those individuals contribute nothing to the research effort.
New York Psychiatry Researcher Charged with Embezzlement, Faces Jail Time
A researcher specializing in post-traumatic stress disorder is facing jail time for allegedly embezzling tens of thousands of dollars of federal grant money.
Will Fury Over Harvey Weinstein Allegations Change Academe’s Handling of Harassment?
Will Fury Over Harvey Weinstein Allegations Change Academe’s Handling of Harassment?
The accusations against the Hollywood producer have prompted frank conversations about sexual misconduct. But it will still take a lot to shift how higher education treats such cases, experts say.
More Than 100 Universities and Colleges in Offshore Leaks Data
More than 100 educational institutions, including some of the world's most prestigious, appear linked to blocker funds and other offshore investments.
17 Researchers Resign in Protest from Editorial Board at Nature Journal
More than a dozen members of the editorial board at Scientific Reports have resigned after the journal decided not to retract a 2016 paper that a researcher claims plagiarized his work. As of this morning, 19 people — mostly researchers based at Johns Hopkins — had stepped down from the board.
Swiss University Dissolves Astronomy Institute after Misconduct Allegations
Swiss University Dissolves Astronomy Institute after Misconduct Allegations
ETH Zurich in Switzerland launched an investigation into allegations that a leading professor mistreated graduate students for more than a decade.
Fraud Scandals Sap China’s Dream of Becoming a Science Superpower
Fraudulent research and faked peer reviews have led to a humiliating setback for China's goal of becoming a global leader in scientific research.
The Scientist who Spots Fake Videos
Hany Farid discusses how to detect image manipulations — and the increasing sophistication of forgers.
Why We Find And Expose Bad Science
Bad research just doesn’t affect the people in the area around it, the people who might spend years trying to take a dodgy result and extend it.
Scientific Society Defines Sexual Harassment as Scientific Misconduct
American Geophysical Union places harassment, bullying, and discrimination on par with falsification, fabrication, and plagiarism.
'One-Size-Fits-All’ Threshold for P Values Under Fire
Scientists hit back at a proposal to make it tougher to call findings statistically significant.
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