‘eLife grieves the tragic losses of civilian lives, both Israeli and Palestinian’
The decision to replace Eisen was made due to his pattern of behaviour around communication and his decision to not
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eLife journal firing the editor Michael Eisen could negatively impact freedom of speech
The dismissal of journal editor Michael Eisen, fired for sarcastic tweets on the Israel-Palestine conflict, will have a chilling effect
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COVID-19 saw more retractions in science journals than preprints
A small study has found that 143 peer-reviewed journal papers were retracted compared with just 40 retracted preprints
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Lancet retracts letter on plight of nurses treating COVID-19 patients
The Lancet Global Health retracts a letter about the plight of nurses treating COVID-19 patients in Wuhan published on February
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Investigation into papers with problematic images completed, report submitted: CSIR director-general
An independent committee formed by CSIR in early June 2019 to investigate into image duplication and/or manipulation in published papers
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IISc professor has two papers retracted, three corrected for image issues
Two papers of Prof. Kithiganahalli N. Balaji from IISc have been retracted and three more have been corrected for issues
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Kashmir editorial: Hey IMA, Lancet has commented on other countries too
How could the Indian Medical Association with over 500,000 doctors, which is supposed to be reading the journal regularly, be
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ICMR-NICED scientist has 16 papers with duplicated, manipulated images
Dr. Mamta Chawla-Sarkar, a senior scientist at ICMR’s NICED has 16 papers listed on PubPeer for image duplication and/or manipulation.
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Authorship in 73 journal papers from India up for sale
A Russian website has listed 344 papers accepted for publication by journals from different countries where authorship is available for
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65 papers from India retracted for image falsification/fabrication, errors
Among papers retracted in chemistry and material sciences in 2017-2018, 17.2% was from India though only 7.3% papers from India
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Manipulation within a photo should always result in a retraction: Elisabeth Bik
Scrutinising images for tell-tale signs of manipulation is no longer a hobby for Dr. Elisabeth Bik; it has become a
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IISc has 33 papers listed on Pubpeer for image duplication
About half a dozen IISc researchers have 33 papers listed on Pubpeer for image duplication. Most of the duplication is
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CSIR-CDRI scientists take steps to correct mistakes in images
On June 6, two days after the report on image duplication in papers by CSIR-CDRI scientists was published, the director
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