Screen capture of BMJ webpage https://www.bmj.com/content/391/bmj-2024-083382 Research RETRACTED: Prevention of acute myocardial infarction induced heart failure by intracoronary infusion of mesenchymal stem cells: phase 3 randomised clinical trial (PREVENT-TAHA8) BMJ 2025; 391 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj-2024-083382 Published 29 October 2025) Cite this as: BMJ 2025;391:e083382 This article has corrections, but has also been retracted. Please see: EXPRESSION OF CONCERN: Prevention of acute myocardial infarction induced heart failure by intracoronary infusion of mesenchymal stem cells: phase 3 randomised clinical trial - November 12, 2025 CORRECTION: Prevention of acute myocardial infarction induced heart failure by intracoronary infusion of mesenchymal stem cells: phase 3 randomised clinical trial (PREVENT-TAHA8) - March 31, 2026 RETRACTION: Prevention of acute myocardial infarction induced heart failure by intracoronary infusion of mesenchymal stem cells: phase 3 randomised clinical trial (PREVENT-TAHA8) - March 31, 2026 Armin Attar, professor1,Seyed Alireza Mirhosseini, medical doctor1,Ahmad Monabati, professor2 3,Mohammad Kasaei, assistant professor1,Firoozeh Abtahi, associate professor1,Yahya Kiwan, assistant professor4,Massoud Vosough, associate professor5,Negar Azarpira, professor6

📣The [faked] PREVENT-TAHA8 trial paper was #retracted from @bmj.com after 5 long months 😅

🤝 well done @deevybee.bsky.social @steamtraen.eu @sophieehill.bsky.social @wjst.de @ioanaacristea.bsky.social @gidmk.bsky.social P.T. Wilmhurst and anonymous @pubpeer.com users

#ResearchIntegrity 🔍 #FoSci

👇...right, but 'official' rankings (like THE...) are so heavily gamed, that they are similarly meaningless!

...and to call those 'officially' listed = "elite" sounds like a bizarre joke for many...
👉 compare with the 'Research Integrity Risk Index' sites.aub.edu.lb/lmeho/ri2/

#ResearchIntegrity

#Science without moral integrity is not a quest for knowledge, but merely the efficient administration of the status quo and the abuse of power. #ResearchIntegrity #powerabuse #academicsky

Guest post: Should universities investigate questionable papers students and faculty wrote elsewhere? Be-Art/iStock I am a research ethicist and often get asked by my university to investigate when potential concerns are raised about our staff or students. One example involved the recent case of th…

· #AcademicSky · #ResearchIntegrity · @retractionwatch.com

Should universities investigate questionable papers students and faculty wrote elsewhere?

SSP EPIC Awards. Excellence in Publishing, Information Technology, & Communications. Communication of Retractions, Removals, and Expressions of Concern Recommended Practice. NISO logo with wings. 2026 Finalist, Integrity Tools.

NISO's Communication of Retractions, Removals, & Expressions of Concern (CREC) Recommended Practice is a finalist for a 2026 @scholarlypub.social.bsky EPIC Award! Winners will be announced at the #SSP2026 Annual meeting on May 28.

niso.org/press-releas...

#ScholComm #ResearchIntegrity #standards

Guest post: Should universities investigate questionable papers students and faculty wrote elsewhere? Be-Art/iStock I am a research ethicist and often get asked by my university to investigate when potential concerns are raised about our staff or students. One example involved the recent case of th…

👇University View on Research Integrity Violations: relevant points indeed...

👉BUT there is something more to do for institutions:

Stop Counting Numbers and Boycott Rankings - these are the main incentives for citation gaming

#ResearchIntegrity

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Join ACS Interactions—a 2‑day webinar on scholarly publishing and ethical research in the AI era, co‑hosted by CSIR‑NIScPR and ACS.

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#ScholarlyPublishing #AIinScience #ResearchIntegrity

These medical X-rays are all deepfakes — and they fool even radiologists Radiologists and large language models alike have a hard time picking out real medical images from fake ones.

Radiologists given a mix of real and AI-generated X-rays averaged 75% accuracy. Experience made no difference. LLMs scored 57-85%. We talk about AI-generated text but image integrity needs to catch up.

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

#ResearchIntegrity #ImageIntegrity

What does it mean when a journal is placed “on hold” in Web of Science Core Collection?

Dr. Nandita Quaderi explains how journal re‑evaluation works, why some journals are delisted, and how research integrity guides the process.

clarivate.com/academia-gov...

#ResearchIntegrity #WebOfScience

How-to Series -- The Embassy of Good Science Wiki - YouTube

📺 Are you looking to add new content to The Embassy wiki website?

We've created a new 'How-To' series on:
🌟 How to add new modules
🧩 How to create interactive content
📚 How to create courses

Check out the series now on YouTube:
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#ResearchIntegrity #ResearchEthics

Every unique mind deserves to be celebrated. 💙
At @academaxjournals.bsky.social , we believe difference is a strength, not a barrier.
This April, we stand with the autistic community, because every life has value.

#WorldAutismMonth #InclusiveEducation #Academax #AcademicSky #ResearchIntegrity

Publications of Atta reported and retracted, by publisher Publisher Not Retracted || Retracted Elsevier 63 11 Wiley 28 1 MDPI 27 13 Taylor & Francis 20 0 Springer Nature 11 2 ACS 3 7 SC Virtual Company of Physics 8 0 RSC 2 3 SAGE 1 1 Others 4 0 Bentham 1 0 De Gruyter 1 0

Cumulative Hazard of Retraction, by Publisher for Ayman Atta ACS retracted the quickest with all retractions done after 330 days approximately, Wiley and Springer Nature the slowest. Elsevier started late, with a jump around 570 days.

Ayman Atta (KSU🇸🇦, EPRI🇪🇬) has now 38 #SciRetraction which should earn him rank 2️⃣3️⃣ on @retractionwatch.com's leaderboard!🏅
🐌 mean retraction time 413 days😴

🤝Team work with @mumumouse2.bsky.social
@nvitiensis.bsky.social and others ❤️

#ResearchIntegrity 🔍 #ImageForensics #FoSci
#ThisImageIsFine

Secondary data is valuable when verified and contextualized.
Accuracy builds trust.
Organic Growth | Honest Storytelling | Real Connections
#DataValidation #ResearchIntegrity #BusinessIntelligence #www.nexarasoft.in⁠

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.

ICML embedded hidden watermarks in papers to catch AI-generated reviews. 506 reviewers flagged, 497 papers rejected under their reciprocal review policy. Only catches careless use, but this type of AI policy is refreshing.

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

#PeerReview #ResearchIntegrity

Teixeira da Silva, J. A., Daly, T., & Nazarovets, S. (2026). Corruption of the Blood-Brain Barrier Literature Identified by ‘Tortured Phrases’: A Case Study for Bibliometric Neuroethics. Current Alzheimer Research, 23. https://doi.org/10.2174/0115672050460224260206052444

Our new paper in Current Alzheimer Research explores “tortured phrases”: bizarre terms like blood-brain obstruction instead of blood-brain barrier. Not just bad English, but potential signals of paper mills & weak peer review. doi.org/10.2174/0115... #ResearchIntegrity #OpenScience #Bibliometrics

Our team of highly trained research integrity experts carefully review flagged manuscripts, ensuring that genuine errors, misinterpretations, or misconduct are assessed with care and context.

Learn more:  https://f.mtr.cool/qacwqqbdzo 

#AIinPublishing #AcademicPublishing #ResearchIntegrity

Sharing recognition is an incredible feeling! ✨We're delighted to celebrate all outstanding reviewers and the exceptional contribution you make to the #PhysicalScience community. Explore more 👉 https://ow.ly/lh8950YwnuP
#PeerReview #ResearchIntegrity

EMBO’s Senior Policy Officer, Sandra Bendiscioli, shared lessons from 10 years of EMBO Fora on #ResponsibleResearch at yesterday's #ENRIO Annual Meeting in Tallinn, Estonia. 🧪

Learn more:
www.embo.org/policy/research-integrit...
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Join us for a Q&A session! What is a Research Integrity Standing Committee, and how is it different from ad hoc committees?
Explore our webinar, "The Essential Guide to Forming a Research Integrity Standing Committee," to learn more: https://post.citiprogram.org/41y0McG
#ResearchIntegrity #RISC

Creating a responsible authorship culture in science: Anchoring authorship practices in principles of transparency, credit, and accountability | PNAS Authorship remains the primary currency of academic credit and a cornerstone of research integrity, yet current practices often fail to reflect the...

Only 42% of US R1 universities link authorship credit to accountability. A PNAS working group says fixing this needs institutional reform and infrastructure that works across naming conventions. Journals can't solve this alone.

www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

#ResearchIntegrity #Authorship

Join us in celebrating exceptional reviewers! 🎉
Each year, our journal editorial teams select recipients for our Outstanding Reviewer Awards - recognising quality, quantity and timeliness of the report they completed. Explore the full list 🙌 https://ow.ly/pf1w50YwRTe
#ResearchIntegrity

Another stellar panel for the next free-to-attend CHORUS Forum! Details below

#ResearchIntegrity #Trust #OpenResearch #CHORUS #ScholarlyPublishing #ScholComm

🏛️ NEW blog post: "The Goddesses Truth and Trust - The Ancient Myths Behind Research Integrity."

Juergen Wastl (our VP Research Evaluation & Global Challenges) explores the classical mythology roots of modern-day #ResearchIntegrity, and the threats to this "living myth".

🔗 https://ow.ly/W9pZ50YBeCm

If you'd LIKE to do fundamental research with significant real-world impact

- the whole of Aerodynamics is overdue for an overhaul...!

🧪🪂🌪️
#Science
#SciComm
#Aerodynamics
#FluidDynamics
#ResearchIntegrity

Three tabs. Three validators. One puzzle. Nobody sees anyone else's answer until all three are sealed — including the researcher's.
This is what structural independence looks like in practice 👇
youtu.be/aA2dTGGWaJo
#OpenScience #Holochain #ResearchIntegrity #Metascience

The real threat to trust in science isn’t outright fraud, but the pervasive tweaking of research designs and models - LSE Impact Thomas Plümper and Eric Neumayer argue that science's credibility issues stem from the deliberate manipulation of research designs and model specifications.

💥New | The real threat to trust in science isn’t outright fraud, but the pervasive tweaking of research designs and models

✍️ Thomas Plümper & Eric Neumayer

@mitpress.bsky.social @lsegeography.bsky.social #ResearchIntegrity #AcademicSky

"Play stupid games, win stupid prizes"...!

#ResearchIntegrity

Join us in celebrating exceptional reviewers! 🎉
Each year, our journal editorial teams select recipients for our Outstanding Reviewer Awards - recognising quality, quantity and timeliness of the report they completed. Explore the full list 🙌 https://ow.ly/ENBi50YwRNH
#ResearchIntegrity

👇...good analysis of University Rankings - being one of the main Incentives which fuel the Crisis in #ResearchIntegrity

Rebuttal Experiments Are Breaking Peer Review Right Now A lot of people in AI quietly agree on one thing about rebuttal experiments: they make their papers better. More checks, more baselines, more datasets, what’s not to like? Except a growing number of authors are saying the opposite: rebuttal experiments are making their papers worse. TL;DR Rebuttal experiments mostly satisfy reviewer psychology, not scientific necessity, randomized trials show they only weakly affect decisions.

Rebuttal experiments are quietly breaking peer review — warping science to appease reviewers, not improve truth. Read the rebuttal. #PeerReview #AcademicPublishing #ResearchIntegrity