Claudine Gay’s downfall is no victory for research integrity
The weaponisation of plagiarism allegations to remove Harvard’s president is no cause for celebration, says research fraudbuster David Sanders
The weaponisation of plagiarism allegations to remove Harvard’s president is no cause for celebration, says research fraudbuster David Sanders
Denying legitimate authors their fair share of credit amounts to academic misconduct, says David Sanders
Instead of focusing on the reliability of the data, I know first-hand that defamation suits become personal and career-threatening, says David Sanders
If Stanford’s now-departed president had fully faced up to dubious practices in his lab and insisted on corrections, his infractions of research integrity could have been forgiven, says David Sanders
The idea that humans’ inventiveness will always keep them one step ahead of computers may not turn out to be true, says David Sanders
Book of the week: internal problems are not addressed in this plan to save the Democrats, writes Heather Gautney
Cureus founder says name-and-shame policy could cause hardship but is justified by threat to patient safety from fraud
Journalists and fact-checkers must be reminded that scientific concepts can be hard to render in language that is both simple and true, says David Sanders
David A. Sanders enjoys a vivid account of the many crafty ways academics steal the words of others
Brussels-backed pilot project has borne fruit, but leaders say creating ‘seamless mobility’ across continent has been even more expensive and bureaucratic than expected
Shocking lapses in scientific standards show why renewed scrutiny of existing literature and new anti-fraud measures are needed, says David A. Sanders
David A. Sanders enjoys a clear and comprehensive, if flawed, study of where science is going wrong and how to put it right
Official censure of Leiden researcher who massaged data indicates authorities are more willing to tackle integrity breaches, says Dutch statistician
Dismissing plagiarism as a low-level academic misdemeanour ignores the potentially deadly consequences of letting cheating go unchecked, says David A. Sanders
‘Every young student of science has had a fantasy about winning a Nobel prize,’ says one laureate – and ever more rival prizes are being established. But with a cast of thousands currently pursuing...