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Plagiarised research passed automated tests, and I detected it – but only because it copied my work The safeguards in place to protect research integrity are not keeping pace with the tools that can be used to circumvent them.

Plagiarised research passed automated tests, and I detected it – but only because it copied my work
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Scientific Journals Need Dedicated Fact-Checkers Opinion | An additional layer of quality control could help academic publishers weed out problematic content before it propagates.

Opinion: Scientific Journals Need Dedicated Fact-Checkers: undark.org/2026/04/09/o...

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Thousands of mathematicians to boycott US Fields Medal event Academics demand that prestigious gathering is held elsewhere because of attacks on Iran and immigration crackdown

Thousands of mathematicians to boycott US Fields Medal event www.timeshighereducation.com/news/thousan...

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Major conference catches illicit AI use — and rejects hundreds of papers The papers’ watermarks allowed organizers to detect use of large language models in peer review.

Major conference catches illicit AI use — and rejects hundreds of papers www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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The Lancet retracts half-century-old unsigned commentary on talc for undisclosed industry ties SewcreamStudio/iStock The Lancet has retracted a 49-year-old unsigned commentary on the safety of cosmetic talc after two researchers discovered the author was a paid consultant to Johnson & Jo…

The Lancet retracts half-century-old unsigned commentary on talc for undisclosed industry ties retractionwatch.com/2026/03/25/l...

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Do we really need to worry about hyper-prolific authors? Concerns abound that authors who publish on a weekly basis are cutting corners, corrupting authorship norms and overburdening the peer review system – with AI likely to make matters worse. But if ince...

Do we really need to worry about hyper-prolific authors? www.timeshighereducation.com/depth/do-we-...

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Seeing Is Believing? Scientific Misconduct and the Detection of Problematic Images. tiny.cc/pa21101

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AI scientists are changing research — institutions, funders and publishers must respond The ability to automate the discovery process in some areas of scientific inquiry raises unanswered questions about how research should be conducted.

AI scientists are changing research — institutions, funders and publishers must respond www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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Hallucinated References: Five Excuses for Academic Misconduct When I proposed rejecting papers with hallucinated references, the support was overwhelming. But the critical voices revealed five argument patterns: from AI hype through TINA rhetoric to nihilism.

Hallucinated References: Five Excuses for Academic Misconduct: dorotheabaur.ch/en/texts-and...

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NZ’s 9th COVID-19 wave: why infections are rising – and how booster shots still help COVID-19 hasn’t disappeared, but it’s no longer the health threat it was. Here’s what the latest wave means and who should get boosted.

NZ’s 9th COVID-19 wave: why infections are rising – and how booster shots still help: theconversation.com/nzs-9th-covi...

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Reckoning with my ‘ghost years’: why a low publication rate doesn’t always reflect failure I have a five-year gap in my publication record. Last year, I published seven academic articles as either the first or corresponding author. Here’s why one level of output isn’t better than any other.

Reckoning with my ‘ghost years’: why a low publication rate doesn’t always reflect failure www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Q. Why not publish null results?

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The Camel’s Camel On some days, after hours of image scanning, I feel like doing something different. Today, I searched for some scientific papers containing “tortured phrases”. This term was first coine…

The Camel’s Camel: scienceintegritydigest.com/2026/03/12/t...

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DataSeer develops AI system to track dataset reuse - Research Information Tool has ability to "systematically track data reuse giving a new lens on openness, research integrity, and downstream impact"

DataSeer develops AI system to track dataset reuse: www.researchinformation.info/news/datasee...

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Preprint server removes study attributing increased infant mortality to vaccines Alachua County/Flickr A preprint server has withdrawn a study that suggested children vaccinated in the second month of life are more likely to die soon after when compared to those who did not rec…

Preprint server removes study attributing increased infant mortality to vaccines retractionwatch.com/2026/03/02/p...

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Hey ChatGPT, write me a fictional paper: these LLMs are willing to commit academic fraud Mainstream chatbots presented varying levels of resistance to deliberate requests for fabrication, study finds.

Hey ChatGPT, write me a fictional paper: these LLMs are willing to commit academic fraud www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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Ars Technica Fires Reporter After AI Controversy Involving Fabricated Quotes Ars Technica has fired senior AI reporter Benj Edwards following an outrage-sparking controversy involving AI-fabricated quotes.

Ars Technica Fires Reporter After AI Controversy Involving Fabricated Quotes: futurism.com/artificial-i...

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Pokémon turns 30 — how the fictional pocket monsters shaped science The Japanese media sensation has inspired generations of researchers in fields as diverse as evolution, biodiversity and research integrity.

Pokémon turns 30 — how the fictional pocket monsters shaped science www.nature.com/articles/d41...

#Pokemon #Education #Gamification #ResearchIntegrity #AcademicSky #ScholarlyPublishing #AcademicPublishing #AcademicChatter #STEM #Evolution #Biodiversity #Taxonomy #Science #PredatoryJournals

New Documents Reveal a Controversial Vaccine Study's Unusual Path to CDC Approval A new investigation has found irregularities in the ethics review of a grant to study effects of a birth dose of hepatitis B vaccine in Guinea-Bissau.

New Documents Reveal a Controversial Vaccine Study’s Unusual Path to CDC Approval: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

#Ethics #COPE #Science #Research #AcademicResearch #ResearchMisconduct #ResearchIntegrity #AcademicSky #HepatitisB #Trump #Kennedy #Vaccine #CDC #Africa #Immunization #Infants

Dragon Kill Points: applying a transparent working template to relieve authorship stress - BMC Biology Classifying and ranking academic authorship lists is complex in practice, despite existing frameworks, and can lead to conflict. We propose Dragon Kill Points, adapted from multiplayer gaming, to trac...

Dragon Kill Points: applying a transparent working template to relieve authorship stress. doi.org/10.1186/s129...

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Australian trial of personalised vaccines to treat children with deadly brain cancers A world-first clinical trial will test cancer vaccines designed specifically for children with advanced or treatment-resistant brain tumours, following a $2.578 million investment from the Australian ...

Australian trial of personalised vaccines to treat children with deadly brain cancers. news.uq.edu.au/2026-02-aust...

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China to punish universities that fail to sanction research misconduct Policy follows establishment of a national database of papers retracted for serious misconduct.

China to punish universities that fail to sanction research misconduct www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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Court challenge could chill reporting of research fraud, say whistleblower attorneys utah778/iStock The U.S. government recently announced a record $6.8 billion in False Claims Act settlements and judgments in 2025, the most in a single year since the law’s enactment 163 years ago.…

Court challenge could chill reporting of research fraud, say whistleblower attorneys retractionwatch.com/2026/02/11/f...

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As a librarian, I know the value we add to researchers experience and success. People forget that the Library is not just a building, it is electronic. When you access a resource online, it has a librarians finger prints on it. Also, librarians are willing to help anyone if they can, just ask us 😁

Why every scientist needs a librarian Librarians can be key research partners who help to scour the literature, manage data and make science open.

Why every scientist needs a librarian www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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Is the journal legitimate? Aletheia-Probe can help you decide The open-source tool provides a one-stop shop to help you assess whether journals and conferences are trustworthy or predatory.

Is the journal legitimate? Aletheia-Probe can help you decide doi.org/10.1038/d415...

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Guest post: The CDC hepatitis B study is unethical and must never be published Manjurul/iStock The Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), an international organization that establishes best practices for scholarly journals, has endorsed specific ethical standards for studies…

Guest post: The CDC hepatitis B study is unethical and must never be published retractionwatch.com/2026/02/10/g...

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Scientists Could Help Reveal Fraud — and Get Paid For It Opinion | Whistleblower statutes should be changed to incentivize university research groups to investigate potential fraud.

Opinion: Scientists Could Help Reveal Fraud — and Get Paid For It: undark.org/2026/02/09/o...

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Why artificial intelligence detectors could penalize academic writing - Nature Human Behaviour Writing produced using artificial intelligence is becoming more common in academia, which has prompted institutions to look for ways to detect it. Bo Hu warns that an overreliance on fixed linguistic ...

Why artificial intelligence detectors could penalize academic writing.
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Academic publishers defeat lawsuit over ‘peer review’ pay, other restrictions A group of major academic publishers convinced a judge in New York to dismiss a lawsuit accusing them of thwarting competition by barring scholars from submitting papers to multiple journals simultane...

Academic publishers defeat lawsuit over ‘peer review’ pay, other restrictions
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