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research-integrity
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freepressjournal.inworld22 days ago
Three Chinese Scientists Removed From University Posts Over Research Data Issues
Nankai University and Sun Yat-sen University announced the removals on 31 May 2026 after a blogger raised questions about data integrity in papers the scientists had authored.
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theconversation.comscience24 days ago
Podcast Discusses Book on Silicon Valley and Research Integrity
A student author discusses a new book covering Silicon Valley practices and a past research integrity case. The interview appears in a recent podcast episode.
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interestingengineering.comscience32 days ago
Study Finds Fabricated Data in Up to One Quarter of Clinical Trials
An analysis of randomized controlled trials found that many published studies contain flawed or fabricated data. Researchers warn that these unreliable trials can influence medical guidelines and patient care.
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newsroom.ucla.edupolitics34 days ago
Book Examines Stanford Research Misconduct and Campus Culture
Theo Baker's debut book details his investigation into former Stanford president Marc Tessier-Lavigne's research and describes campus social life. The account covers Baker's freshman year and his reporting on a 2009 scientific paper.
automotiveworld.comai35 days ago
Study Finds 146,932 Hallucinated Citations in 2025 Research Papers
Researchers examined 2.5 million papers and preprints across four major repositories and identified more than 140,000 fabricated citations in material published in 2025. The analysis compared references against academic databases and flagged unmatched entries as hallucinations.
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The Vergeai37 days ago
arXiv Introduces One-Year Ban for Papers With Unchecked LLM-Generated Content
arXiv will impose a one-year ban and require peer-reviewed acceptance for future submissions on papers showing incontrovertible evidence that authors failed to check LLM-generated results. The policy, announced by computer science section chair Thomas Dietterich, targets hallucin…
retractionwatch.comai45 days ago
Study Finds Small but Rising Share of Research Papers Contain Fabricated Citations
A Lancet study published May 7, 2026, found the rate of papers containing fabricated references rose sharply, reaching 1 in 277 during the first seven weeks of 2026. Columbia University researchers led by Maxim Topaz identified around 4,000 fabricated citations among 2,800 papers…
reason.comworld46 days ago
Alzheimer’s Research Scandal Highlights Problems in Scientific Oversight
A major Alzheimer’s disease research finding that influenced billions of dollars in federal funding was later found to contain manipulated images. The case has drawn attention to broader issues of research integrity, incentives in academic publishing, and oversight of taxpayer-fu…
medpagetoday.comai46 days ago
IOPP Launches AI Tool to Identify Overlapping Peer-Review Reports
Institute of Physics Publishing presented its Duplicate Review Checker at an international research integrity conference and announced its deployment across all journals. The AI system flagged nearly 2,500 suspicious reports in an analysis of half a million submissions between 20…
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theconversation.comscience58 days ago
Researchers Amass Dataset of Over 18,700 Ads Selling Research Paper Authorships
Researchers have compiled the largest dataset of advertisements offering authorships on fake or low-quality research papers. The ads, posted by seven paper mills between March 2020 and early April 2026, reveal a global market for academic fraud targeting specific regions. Costs f…
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Jan Boa / Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)science59 days ago
BMJ Group Retracts Guest-Edited Special Edition on Cancer Immunotherapies Amid Broader Publishing Concerns
The publishing group of the British Medical Journal retracted nearly an entire guest-edited special edition of the Journal of Medical Genetics last week. The move highlights ongoing concerns with research integrity in special issues. Retractions and data point to widespread issue…