Self-Help from the Middle Ages raises some provocative questions about historical figures. Was Thomas Aquinas truly a...

More than 140,000 fake citations across four research repositories were identified in papers and preprints published in 2025 alone.

David Osenton almost died because of medical mistakes and delays, but new rule allowed Karen to demand a second opinion

This cohort study evaluates the author and publication characteristics of retracted randomized clinical trials.

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This cohort study evaluates the author and publication characteristics of retracted randomized clinical trials.

The ERROR project tried enticing reviewers with payments. Now, it’s launching a journal—and promising papers as rewards

This randomized clinical trial assesses the dose-response relationship of MM120 (lysergide D-tartrate) vs placebo in adults with moderate to severe generalized anxiety disorder.

Women are seeking treatment for stress urinary incontinence more readily due to increasing awareness of minimally invasive surgical solutions and grea…

Various methods are available to help users assess whether selective non-publication of studies or selective non-reporting of study results has occurred, but not its impact on a meta-analysis. This li...

Data sharing is gradually becoming a requirement across all fields of science, owing to its key benefits in verifying the reproducibility of findings and reusing existent data for new purposes. Although metaresearch studies are complex, time-consuming, and hinge on the availability of data produced …

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Critics of scientific reform maintain that transparency comes at the cost of speed.

Artificial intelligence boosts individual scientists’ output, citations and career progression, but collectively narrows research diversity and reduces collaboration, concentrating work in data-rich a...

There are comments on PubPeer for publication: The effects of Omega-3 supplementation on stress, anxiety, depression, sleep quality, and everyday memory in individuals with psychological distress: A r...

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