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Libby Hackett named new Russell Group chief executive

Former University Alliance head returns to UK to lead research universities group after more than a decade in Australia

21 January

Guest editors use special issues to ‘publish in support of self’

Large numbers of editors publishing in their own special issue attacked as ‘academic narcissism’ and ‘scientific misconduct’ in first-of-its-kind study

By Jack Grove

17 January

‘Bizarre’ linguistics paper on water retracted by Springer Nature

Jordanian professor’s free-wheeling study is pulled and an editorial board member sacked after linguists criticised ‘extremely strange’ article

By Jack Grove

16 January

‘Unseen’ efforts to catch paper mill outputs bear fruit

Little-noticed joint efforts by publishers to catch fake papers are delivering results but further ‘scaling’ is needed, says report

By Jack Grove

13 January

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Libby Hackett named new Russell Group chief executive

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