Ludo Waltman<p>A PhD in paper mills? <a href="https://retractionwatch.com/2025/05/01/phd-paper-mills-wiley-leiden-springer-nature/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">retractionwatch.com/2025/05/01</span><span class="invisible">/phd-paper-mills-wiley-leiden-springer-nature/</span></a></p><p>This <a href="https://social.cwts.nl/tags/RetractionWatch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RetractionWatch</span></a> piece is about a PhD position we have at <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.cwts.nl/@cwts" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>cwts</span></a></span> for a project on paper mills.</p><p>For more info, see <a href="https://www.leidenmadtrics.nl/articles/advancing-our-understanding-of-systematic-manipulation-paper-mills-wiley-cwts-partnership" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">leidenmadtrics.nl/articles/adv</span><span class="invisible">ancing-our-understanding-of-systematic-manipulation-paper-mills-wiley-cwts-partnership</span></a>.</p><p>Deadline for applying is May 13.</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@stephenpinfield" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>stephenpinfield</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.scot/@catmacOA" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>catmacOA</span></a></span></p>
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Crossref<p>Join us May 9 for an overview of the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/RetractionWatch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RetractionWatch</span></a> data now available in the Crossref REST API! We'll cover data collection, access, and why it's important for researchers, publishers, and institutions. We'll share a community example from Guillaume Cabanac on how the Problematic Paper Screener uses the Crossref/RW data. Register now: <a href="https://crossref.zoom.us/webinar/register/6817458365518/WN_QQBOTI8SSoK7rGiiDY1mUw" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">crossref.zoom.us/webinar/regis</span><span class="invisible">ter/6817458365518/WN_QQBOTI8SSoK7rGiiDY1mUw</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Webinar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Webinar</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/OpenScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenScience</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ResearchIntegrity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ResearchIntegrity</span></a></p>
Marco A. Lopez-Sanchez<p>They rejected his manuscript, then he saw it published by other authors. <a href="https://retractionwatch.com/2025/03/06/peer-reviewer-publishes-mistake-manuscript-rejected/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">retractionwatch.com/2025/03/06</span><span class="invisible">/peer-reviewer-publishes-mistake-manuscript-rejected/</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/scientificLiterature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scientificLiterature</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/retractionwatch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retractionwatch</span></a></p>
Katharine O'Moore-Klopf, ELS<p>Wonderful! Anna Abalkina & the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RetractionWatch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RetractionWatch</span></a> blog have put together the Retraction Watch Hijacked Journal Checker. This will help <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/publishers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>publishers</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/authors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>authors</span></a> who don't want legitimate, high-quality <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/articles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>articles</span></a> ending up in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hijacked" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hijacked</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/journals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>journals</span></a>. <a href="https://retractionwatch.com/the-retraction-watch-hijacked-journal-checker/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">retractionwatch.com/the-retrac</span><span class="invisible">tion-watch-hijacked-journal-checker/</span></a> <br> <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ak985WGOgGbJRJbZFanoktAN_UFeExpE/edit#gid=364865985" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d</span><span class="invisible">/1ak985WGOgGbJRJbZFanoktAN_UFeExpE/edit#gid=364865985</span></a></p>
Egon Willighagen<p>the number of works in <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://wikis.world/@wikidata" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>wikidata</span></a></span> that are annotated as retracted (think <a href="https://social.edu.nl/tags/RetractionWatch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RetractionWatch</span></a>) has grown to 21 thousand (<a href="https://scholia.toolforge.org/statistics" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">scholia.toolforge.org/statisti</span><span class="invisible">cs</span></a>).</p><p>The number of works citing retracted articles has grown to 295 thousand (<a href="https://w.wiki/CA2T" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">w.wiki/CA2T</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>)</p><p>That means that the number known authors (wikidata:P50) has grown to 186 thousand (<a href="https://w.wiki/CA2V" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">w.wiki/CA2V</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>)</p><p>That is 186,384 researchers that need to decide how the retraction affects their own work.</p>
jonny (good kind)<p>so this company "Flow Science" in the US searched for papers that cited their software, cross referenced the authors with their customer list. they tried to shake down some authors in India -- which has very different intellectual property laws than the US -- who pirated the software by offering them 'retroactive licenses.' when they wouldn't pay, Flow Science contacted Elsevier to have the paper retracted, which they did. Elsevier then claims that "it is the journal's responsibility to ensure that pirated software isn't used" as if they didn't own the journal. Right.</p><p><a href="https://retractionwatch.com/2024/11/08/complaint-from-engineering-software-company-prompts-two-retractions/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">retractionwatch.com/2024/11/08</span><span class="invisible">/complaint-from-engineering-software-company-prompts-two-retractions/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://neuromatch.social/tags/ScholComm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ScholComm</span></a> <a href="https://neuromatch.social/tags/RetractionWatch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RetractionWatch</span></a></p>
Gregor Kalinkat<p>eLife latest in string of major journals (also includes STOTEN) put on hold from Web of Science <a href="https://det.social/tags/Retractionwatch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Retractionwatch</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://retractionwatch.com/2024/10/24/elife-latest-in-string-of-major-journals-put-on-hold-from-web-of-science/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">retractionwatch.com/2024/10/24</span><span class="invisible">/elife-latest-in-string-of-major-journals-put-on-hold-from-web-of-science/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://det.social/tags/openscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>openscience</span></a> <a href="https://det.social/tags/academicpublishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>academicpublishing</span></a></p>
Jocelyn Etienne<p>I was reading an article in <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/LeMonde" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LeMonde</span></a> which referred to a couple of scientific papers. One of them was cited by its link to <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/PMC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PMC</span></a>, <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4857885/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/</span><span class="invisible">PMC4857885/</span></a></p><p>However, <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/retractionWatch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retractionWatch</span></a> tells of the <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/retraction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retraction</span></a> of this paper <a href="https://retractionwatch.com/2015/07/21/to-our-horror-widely-reported-study-suggesting-divorce-is-more-likely-when-wives-fall-ill-gets-axed/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">retractionwatch.com/2015/07/21</span><span class="invisible">/to-our-horror-widely-reported-study-suggesting-divorce-is-more-likely-when-wives-fall-ill-gets-axed/</span></a></p><p>On the <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/publisher" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>publisher</span></a>'s page, the only sign of the <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/retraction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retraction</span></a> is a link on the side "Authors’ Explanation of the Retraction" and pdf file is not tagged in any way—it even has an "update" banner leading to this below.</p><p>Is this common??</p><p><a href="https://www.lemonde.fr/intimites/article/2024/09/22/les-femmes-confrontees-a-une-separation-pendant-leur-cancer-c-est-l-experience-la-plus-traumatisante-de-ma-vie_6327599_6190330.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">lemonde.fr/intimites/article/2</span><span class="invisible">024/09/22/les-femmes-confrontees-a-une-separation-pendant-leur-cancer-c-est-l-experience-la-plus-traumatisante-de-ma-vie_6327599_6190330.html</span></a></p>
Matt Hodgkinson<p>"Over the last few years, the number of Indian researchers finding a mention on the Retraction Watch has seen a sharp spike. And many of these scientists in the global “wall of shame” are associated with prestigious government institutes.<br>India is now wrestling with a research fraud “crisis.”" <a href="https://theprint.in/ground-reports/indias-research-crime-is-getting-worse-scientists-are-gaming-peer-review-system/2261884/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theprint.in/ground-reports/ind</span><span class="invisible">ias-research-crime-is-getting-worse-scientists-are-gaming-peer-review-system/2261884/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/PublicationEthics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicationEthics</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Retractions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Retractions</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/RetractionWatch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RetractionWatch</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/IndianResearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IndianResearch</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/IndianScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IndianScience</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/ScienceFraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ScienceFraud</span></a></p>
Matt Hodgkinson<p>Last year, Scopus blitzed all links to journal websites from their profiles in a clumsy reaction to their data being infiltrated by journal hijackers, i.e., fraudsters who pose as a real journal.</p><p>Did it work? No. They're still indexing hijacked content, notes Anna Abalkina on Retraction Watch.</p><p><a href="https://retractionwatch.com/2024/06/18/journal-hijackers-still-infiltrate-scopus-despite-its-efforts/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">retractionwatch.com/2024/06/18</span><span class="invisible">/journal-hijackers-still-infiltrate-scopus-despite-its-efforts/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Scopus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Scopus</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/HijackedJournals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HijackedJournals</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/PublicationEthics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicationEthics</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/AnnaAbalkina" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AnnaAbalkina</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/RetractionWatch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RetractionWatch</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/AbstractingAndIndexing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AbstractingAndIndexing</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/ScientificFraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ScientificFraud</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/JournalPublication" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JournalPublication</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/PredatoryJournals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PredatoryJournals</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/PredatoryPublishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PredatoryPublishing</span></a></p>
UKRIO<p>Read the latest article by Retraction Watch which highlights our report. </p><p>"A national effort is needed to change the culture around addressing research misconduct in the UK, according to a report by the UK Research Integrity Office.” </p><p>Click the link below to read.</p><p><a href="https://zurl.co/gthF" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">zurl.co/gthF</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/ResearchIntegrity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ResearchIntegrity</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/UKRIO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UKRIO</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Ethical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ethical</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/RetractionWatch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RetractionWatch</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Culture</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Integriry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Integriry</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Reports" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Reports</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Article" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Article</span></a></p>
George Macgregor<p>Of possible interest to folk here... The PM programme on <a href="https://code4lib.social/tags/BBC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BBC</span></a> Radio Four has been focussing on the crisis in <a href="https://code4lib.social/tags/academic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>academic</span></a> <a href="https://code4lib.social/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> this week. Wednesday's episode focussed on the issue of paper mills (notably <a href="https://code4lib.social/tags/Hindawi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hindawi</span></a> & <a href="https://code4lib.social/tags/Wiley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wiley</span></a>) and their impact on the number of retractions which, 10 years ago was small, but today exceeds 13K per annum. </p><p>Episode below -- though may only be available within UK. Fast forward to circa 40:00 to hear the discussion: <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001xdgd" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001xdgd</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://code4lib.social/tags/scholcomm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scholcomm</span></a> <a href="https://code4lib.social/tags/RetractionWatch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RetractionWatch</span></a></p>
GLC<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/@grodin" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>grodin</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://hachyderm.io/@cliffle" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>cliffle</span></a></span> </p><p>Not the same one. See <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/RetractionWatch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RetractionWatch</span></a> at <a href="https://retractionwatch.com/2024/03/16/weekend-reads-a-paper-written-by-chatgpt-goes-viral-the-gino-misconduct-report-superconductivity-scandal/#more-128938" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">retractionwatch.com/2024/03/16</span><span class="invisible">/weekend-reads-a-paper-written-by-chatgpt-goes-viral-the-gino-misconduct-report-superconductivity-scandal/#more-128938</span></a><br>(first one under "Here's what's happening elsewhere").</p><p>Lots going on.</p>
JuliaR<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fediscience.org/@LeoVarnet" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>LeoVarnet</span></a></span> Oh, this seems so cool! :D But - do you have the code somewhere? I'd like to use it from the command line or R console.<br><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/rstats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rstats</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/retractionWatch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retractionWatch</span></a></p>
Doug Bostrom<p>~385 citations over the past 14 years. Presumably some will have been of material impact to "progress."</p><p>It seems as though we mostly have the parts in place to acively notify investigators who are the victim of a duff publication. Info in <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/CrossRef" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CrossRef</span></a> could substantially get the job done.</p><p>Perhaps <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/RetractionWatch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RetractionWatch</span></a> already does this?</p><p><a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/ScientificIntegrity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ScientificIntegrity</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.1098/rspb.2024.0463?af=R" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">royalsocietypublishing.org/doi</span><span class="invisible">/full/10.1098/rspb.2024.0463?af=R</span></a></p>
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