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spottingthespot.bsky.social @spottingthespot.bsky.social · 5h

The #papermill #fraud Balal Yousaf from Silesian University got another retraction! Balal Yousaf doesn't publish anything real. He buys papers and publishes crap, nothing else. Retraced by @elsevierconnect.bsky.social. He can easily get >50 retractions if they really clean up doi.org/10.1016/j.en...

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spottingthespot.bsky.social @spottingthespot.bsky.social · 23h

Retraction nr 14 for the #papermill #fraud Azher M Abed! This fool hasn't published anything legit. So many frauds out there but hardly any action from publishers or universities to stop these frauds. doi.org/10.1016/j.en...

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spottingthespot.bsky.social @spottingthespot.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The #papermill #fraud Yasser Fakri Mustafa loses another paper! Retraction nr 23 for this fraud! But @scopus.bsky.social nor @elsevierconnect.bsky.social seem to care and keep giving this fraud a platform! doi.org/10.1007/s118...

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spottingthespot.bsky.social @spottingthespot.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The #fraud Abduladheem Turki Jalil loses another paper! This fraud even started to use another name to hide his fraud! See also the @retractionwatch.com article: retractionwatch.com/2026/01/06/d... Retracted👇 doi.org/10.1016/j.sa...

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spottingthespot.bsky.social @spottingthespot.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

The academic #fraud Ajith Abraham from Sai University was kicked out of the US for attempting to have sex with a minor. Now he is high positioned at Sai university. He got another retraction because he is a fraud👇 doi.org/10.1016/j.he...

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spottingthespot.bsky.social @spottingthespot.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The major #papermill #fraud Mika Sillanpaa gets another retraction! This fraud hasn't published anything legit for years and should easily reach 100 retractions! But publishers somehow keep publishing his crap! 👇 doi.org/10.1016/j.ij...

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spottingthespot.bsky.social @spottingthespot.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The #fraud Muhammad Bilal from @uantwerpen.be (he still 'works' there, but as unpaid staff) got another retraction! This time together with the Polish fraud Teofil Jesionowksi! Retracted because it was made up data👇 doi.org/10.1016/j.en...

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spottingthespot.bsky.social @spottingthespot.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Joseph Raj Xavier did it again! Another retraction for this #papermill #fraud! He hasn't published a single legit paper. 👇He is climbing the @retractionwatch.com leaderboard! @tomk.eurosky.social doi.org/10.1007/s002...

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spottingthespot.bsky.social @spottingthespot.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The notorious French #fraud and bully Didier Raoult loses 2 more papers! Didier Raoult might well be the biggest French fraud ever! And IHU Marseille involved in the biggest cover up ever in France! @lonnibesancon.bsky.social @elisabethbik.bsky.social

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spottingthespot.bsky.social @spottingthespot.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The #papermill #fraud Abdur Rauf,University of Swabi, loses another one of his fake papers! Of course they couldn't provide the underlying data, it was all made up! This fraud has published nothing but fake crap. @wiley.com retracted one of his fake papers doi.org/10.1002/fsn3...

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spottingthespot.bsky.social @spottingthespot.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The German #papermill #fraud Jörg Rinklebe from @uni-wuppertal.bsky.social was forced to retract one of his fake papers 'voluntarily' by ACS publications. Rinklebe either makes up data or 'recycles' (made up?) data to publish as much junk as he can. 👇 doi.org/10.1021/acs....

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spottingthespot.bsky.social @spottingthespot.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Thousands of such papers have been published over the years but only a handful have been retracted. Science of the Total environment was (is?) rotten to the core but the cleanup is a joke unless @elsevierconnect.bsky.social really starts to retract ALL the crap they published doi.org/10.1016/j.sc...

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spottingthespot.bsky.social @spottingthespot.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The #papermill #fraud Anis Ali Shah loses another one of his bought papers! This idiot hasn't published anything useful. He simply buys crap. doi.org/10.1016/j.sc...

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spottingthespot.bsky.social @spottingthespot.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Well, Newcastle University is doing it again. Academics/academia keeps wondering why people are losing trust in 'experts', well, because many are corrupt and fraudulent. Academia is becoming a massive joke. @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/education/20...

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spottingthespot.bsky.social @spottingthespot.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The Spanish #papermill #fraud Daniel Balsalobre-Lorente loses another paper! Of course, his university, University of Castilla-La Mancha still loves him! They really love frauds in Spain! doi.org/10.1007/s113...

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spottingthespot.bsky.social @spottingthespot.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Only 97 of a total of 790 reported cases of editors handling papers for their (frequent) co-authors were retracted so far by STOTEN! Will @elsevierconnect.bsky.social really clean up or just do the bare minimum? 👇And J. Rinklebe knew very well who edited his papers! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

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spottingthespot.bsky.social @spottingthespot.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

#papermill #fraud at its best! All (!!) the authors of this paper were added during the revision process, replacing the 6 original authors! Unbelievable. @elsevierconnect.bsky.social is rotten to the core! Thousands of such papers are being published.👇 doi.org/10.1016/j.en...

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spottingthespot.bsky.social @spottingthespot.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

The experiences of every sleuth out there👇 Retractions are still rare, too rare. Even obvious fake crap is often ignored. Literature is most definitely not self- restoring and now with AI it's becoming disastrous

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spottingthespot.bsky.social @spottingthespot.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

More nightmares for V.S. Aigbodion after another retraction due to his best friend @tomk.eurosky.social ! @springernature.com is cleaning up the mess, but what about eg @elsevierconnect.bsky.social? Are they going to ignore Aigbodion his fake #papermill crap? #fraud link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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spottingthespot.bsky.social @spottingthespot.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Another retraction that the German #papermill #fraud Jörg Rinklebe from @uni-wuppertal.bsky.social can add to his Google scholar profile👇Notice also last author Parvaiz Ahmad,a fraud that hasn't published a single legit paper! doi.org/10.1007/s107...

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spottingthespot.bsky.social @spottingthespot.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Another retraction for the #papermill #fraud Rajender S. Varma who fooled EPA/@ilepa.bsky.social for more than 20 years! Erik Van Eycken from @kuleuvenuniversity.bsky.social once wrote a 'tribute' for this idiot (doi.org/10.24820/ark...). Rajender S Varma his new retraction👇 doi.org/10.1016/j.en...

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spottingthespot.bsky.social @spottingthespot.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

After three years(!!) an obvious fake #papermill piece of crap is finally retracted! Talha Bin Emran & Kuldeep Dhama are two major frauds. Both are paper mill authors and publish fake stuff non-stop. #fraud doi.org/10.1016/j.aq...

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spottingthespot.bsky.social @spottingthespot.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

The professional #papermill #fraud Mehdi Baghayeri loses another piece of BS! This fraud has published pretty much no real research, it's all fake! When will publishers start to ban these frauds? doi.org/10.1007/s116...

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spottingthespot.bsky.social @spottingthespot.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

When you have a bad day at the office: Mehdi Farokhi just lost 6 papers at once.... But doubtful it will change much... 👇 The @elsevierconnect.bsky.social journal International Journal of Biological Macromolecules is another one of those journals that has published #papermill crap non-stop

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spottingthespot.bsky.social @spottingthespot.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Another retraction because the highly corrupt former EIC of the @elsevierconnect.bsky.social journal Science of the Total Environment edited papers for his friends! 👇 doi.org/10.1016/j.sc...

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spottingthespot.bsky.social @spottingthespot.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

And one more for Joseph Raj Xavier! This time @tomk.eurosky.social didn't cause the retraction... doi.org/10.1007/s117...

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spottingthespot.bsky.social @spottingthespot.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Another retraction because the #fraud and corrupt editor Jianmin Chen from @fudanuniversity.bsky.social edited a paper for his friends! Jianmin Chen is a corrupt editor who edited hundreds of papers for his friends! 👇 doi.org/10.1016/j.sc...

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spottingthespot.bsky.social @spottingthespot.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Well well, STOTEN now also started to retract the crap from Ashok Pandey!! This major #fraud published most of his crap thanks to corruption!! 👇 doi.org/10.1016/j.sc...

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spottingthespot.bsky.social @spottingthespot.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

The #fraud Yakov Kuzyakov lost 3 papers at once because he edited his own papers! You read this correct, he edited his own papers! Of course one of the reviewers was also linked to him. He is a major fraud & most of his papers were edited/reviewed by his friends www.sciencedirect.com/search?qs=Re...

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spottingthespot.bsky.social @spottingthespot.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

The Indian Legend Abhijit Dey from presidency university suffers another retraction! This #papermill #fraud once bragged about publishing 300 papers a year... 👇 doi.org/10.1016/j.bi...

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spottingthespot.bsky.social @spottingthespot.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Another #retraction for Yong Sik Ok, the leader of the biochar #fraud. Daniel S Alessi, Deyi Hou and Meththika Vithanage are also frauds and member of the biochar cartel! They publish nothing but fake crap. #papermill #fraud 👇https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.133922

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spottingthespot.bsky.social @spottingthespot.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Here it is, another #retraction for the #fraud Joseph Raj Xavier! He wants to get higher up the retraction watch leaderboard! So many frauds!! They are working overtime @retractionwatch.com !👇 @tomk.eurosky.social doi.org/10.1007/s002...

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spottingthespot.bsky.social @spottingthespot.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Arivalagan Pugazhendhi is really climbing the @retractionwatch.com leaderboard! This #fraud never published anything real! 👇 doi.org/10.1016/j.sc...

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spottingthespot.bsky.social @spottingthespot.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

The first retraction for the #papermill #fraud Yakov Kuzyakov from @uni-goettingen.de who also edits his own papers (not yet retracted, different journal).Will @uni-goettingen.definally kick him out? Oh yeah, he was also found guilty for sexual harassment! Not yet fired doi.org/10.1016/j.sc...

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spottingthespot.bsky.social @spottingthespot.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Jörg Rinklebe & Sabry M Shaheen (@uni-wuppertal.bsky.social); Daniel C.W. Tsang (Hong Kong univeristy) & Yong Sik Ok (Korea university) suffer another retraction because their friend, corrupt editor, Filip Tack from Ghent Univeristy edited there paper! 👇#fraud doi.org/10.1016/j.sc...

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spottingthespot.bsky.social @spottingthespot.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

In the mean time this #papermill #fraud, Arivalagan Pugazhendhi, got 2 more retractions. Latest shown below. He is climbing the ranks of the @retractionwatch.com leaderboard! This idiot published nothing but fake crap, he should easily get 100 retractions! 👇 doi.org/10.1016/j.sc...

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spottingthespot.bsky.social @spottingthespot.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

The legendary #fraud Mukesh Kumar Awasthi, one of those corrupt editors from Bioresource Technology, linked to Ashok Pandey, got another retraction! He has 42 retractions now! The same as Ashok Pandey but who will get the most in the end? Pandey or Awasthi doi.org/10.1016/j.sc...

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spottingthespot.bsky.social @spottingthespot.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

The dynamic duo Pingqing Fu and Jianmin Chen have been editing papers for each other non-stop at Science of the Total Environment @elsevierconnect.bsky.social. But they are members of other editorial board too at other publishers... So who knows haw extended their #fraud is!

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spottingthespot.bsky.social @spottingthespot.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

So far the German #fraud Jörg Rinklebe, accomplice of C. Sonne, from @uni-wuppertal.bsky.social has not yet deleted his google scholar profile to hide his fraud. But his profile is looking good! Nice output in 2026! These idiots still believe they are legit scientists.

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spottingthespot.bsky.social @spottingthespot.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Here it is, another retraction for the #fraud Eliezer Masliah! Once hailed as a top NIH scientist but it turned out to be a joke! Millions of tax money wasted on fake stuff! Till today he still thinks he is a top scientist. doi.org/10.1186/s129...

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spottingthespot.bsky.social @spottingthespot.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

The Danish #fraud Christian Sonne from @au.dk has deleted his google scholar profile. Is he trying to hide his fraud? Also, is @aarhusuniint.bsky.social kicking him out? He seems to have moved to India, to UPES university! Why are so many of these frauds moving to/from India?

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spottingthespot.bsky.social @spottingthespot.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Unbelievable! Yong Sik Ok is not only a @nobelprize.org level chemist, a magician and a world renowned toxicologist, he is now also changing the world of geography! Hold your horses! The entire system of longitudes and latitudes is no more! 👇Ok = the legend! doi.org/10.1007/s113...

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spottingthespot.bsky.social @spottingthespot.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Yong Sik Ok from Korea university is not only a world class chemist & a magician, he is also a world renowned toxicologist! 👇Amazing person! The world's best environmental scientist as he likes to call himself! What a joke.... doi.org/10.1007/s106...

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spottingthespot.bsky.social @spottingthespot.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Here we go, retraction nr 13 for the #fraud Jörg Rinklebe from @uni-wuppertal.bsky.social! As usual because one of his friends, Daniel C.W. Tsang, edited the paper! Notice also Rinklebe his right hand the Egyptian fraud Sabry M Shaheen! 👇 doi.org/10.1016/j.sc...

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spottingthespot.bsky.social @spottingthespot.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Retraction nr. 4 for the Spanish #papermill #fraud Daniel Balsalobre-Lorente. Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha must be really proud to have such a fraud working for them! He can boost their rankings! doi.org/10.1007/s113...

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spottingthespot.bsky.social @spottingthespot.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

And another one of those paper mill frauds got a retraction because a friend edited his paper. Meet Vijai Kumar Gupta from @dublincityuni.bsky.social He is a total #fraud but DCU thinks he is legit and as usual gave him a prominent high paid position as chair 👇 doi.org/10.1016/j.sc...

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spottingthespot.bsky.social @spottingthespot.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

What is this? Is this something new? Are we now also adding every profile out there next to your name? Is this not just supposed to be your affiliation and that's it? 👇 doi.org/10.1016/j.nx...

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spottingthespot.bsky.social @spottingthespot.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Aside from being a future @nobelprize.org winner, Yong Sik Ok from Korea university is also a magician! He turns radish seeds into lettuce plants! (and then back to radish).👇The world's Leading Environmental Scientist, uh, I meant fraud, in action! doi.org/10.1016/j.po...

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spottingthespot.bsky.social @spottingthespot.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Well well @tomk.eurosky.social, I think it's really time you book your ticket to visit him!😂 but what's happening with the affiliation? Something seems off.. doi.org/10.1007/s001...

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spottingthespot.bsky.social @spottingthespot.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Who will get the @nobelprize.org in #chemistry next year? Yong Sik Ok from Korea Univeristy or Hailong Wang from Foshan University? Both are the discoverers behind the Kyrgyzstan Booth Free Energy concept! A revolutionary chemical concept.👇 doi.org/10.1016/j.sc...

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