The Elsevier journal Stoten has recently retracted 161 papers, many of them over concerns about conflicts of interest and the addition of authors late in the review stage. But can editors who are handling hundreds of papers a year be expected to keep oversight of such matters, or do publishers need to design better systems? John Ross reports 

Luis Vassy’s first two years running the renowned but scandal-plagued Paris institution have been marked in the popular imagination by calling the police on protesters occupying a lecture hall. But his moves to make admission fairer and build a Brussels campus could define his legacy, writes Seher Asaf