Cost varies across paper mills, but the least expensive one is in India, according to a new analysis of social media advertisements

Das wissenschaftliche Publikationswesen ist fest in der Hand einiger Großverlage. Als Data Analytics-Firmen spionieren sie Forschende aus.

A personal anecdote and an appeal to junior colleagues.

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Journals are considering doing identity checks to expose fake authors — but there are downsides.

Jonathon Alexis Coates outlines how a constellation of static and dynamic indicators could provide a means for assessing the trustworthiness of published research

Clear Skies is making genAI detection with Pangram available to subscribers in Oversight.

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Reflecting on our paper “The entities enabling scientific fraud at scale are large, resilient, and growing rapidly”

Once upon a time, a long time ago, two science journalists had an idea for a blog about retractions. And on Aug. 3, 2010, Retraction Watch launched, detailing in the first post why retractions matt…

Lonni Besançon has faced online abuse, threats and legal challenges. But he remains proud of his service to science and society.

Autorschaft als Währung: Wie Paper Mills mit gekauften Co-Autorschaften, manipuliertem Peer-Review und KI-Fälschungen die Wissenschaft unterwandern und kommerzielle Betrugsnetzwerke die Forschung gefä...

An open collection of tips and tools could help researchers and publishers to pick up on problematic research.

An open collection of tips and tools could help researchers and publishers to pick up on problematic research.

The most vital and enduring contribution of scholarly publishers is their role as gatekeepers — not as obstacles to knowledge but as stewards of quality, integrity, and trust.

Acceptable image-editing practices are partly a matter of common sense. But researchers say journals and funders could help scientists by standardizing policies.

Guest post by Solal Pirelli The IEEE, full name Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, is one of the main scientific publisher...

Google has launched a new AI tool called Co-Scientist. How good is it?

The chaos, conflicting information, firings, and hurtful rhetoric of the Trump administration’s approach to science over the past month are causing anxiety, grief, and concern for the scientific commu...