43 papers of a former CSIR scientist retracted
Papers of Ashok Pandey of CSIR-NIIST in Thiruvananthapuram and CSIR-IITR in Lucknow published in the journal Bioresources Technology, where he
Read More
Research Integrity
Rotavirus vaccine: tortured data analyses raise false safety alarm
Two other self-controlled case series studies published in July 2020 and January 2021 also did not find Bharat Biotech’s Rotavac
Read More
BHU’s Covaxin safety study riddled with major limitations
If the most glaring limitation of the study is the lack of a control group, the absence of data on
Read More
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
Read More
Scientists alert Lancet to ‘data inconsistencies’ in the Russian vaccine trial paper
A group of 16 scientists has written an open letter to Dr Richard Horton, editor of The Lancet and authors
Read More
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
Read More
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
Read More
IIT Dhanbad’s Department of Applied Chemistry has 45 papers with duplicated, manipulated images
The Department of Applied Chemistry at IIT Dhanbad has 45 papers listed on Pubpeer for image duplication and/or manipulation. Of
Read More
Retraction saga: IIT Dhanbad faculty learnt to reuse published images during their doctoral programme
Rashmi Madhuri and Prashant Sharma of IIT Dhanbad have 15 and 19 papers respectively listed on Pubpeer website. These papers
Read More
Two dozen papers by IIT Dhanbad faculty retracted so far, many more still under a cloud
Rashmi Madhuri and Prashant Sharma, Assistant Professors at IIT Dhanbad, have so far collected over 24 retractions. And many
Read More
Investigation confirms serious scientific misconduct by IIT Dhanbad faculty
IIT Dhanbad has completed its investigation into possible scientific misconduct by Dr. Rashmi Madhuri and Dr. Prashant Sharma. The scientific
Read More
IIT Dhanbad retraction saga: ‘Investigation will be completed shortly’
IT Dhanbad has already initiated an investigation into unethical practices by Dr. Rashmi Madhuri and Dr. Prashant Sharma. The investigation
Read More
Thirteen more papers by IIT Dhanbad faculty retracted, 25 papers still under a cloud
Four more papers by IIT Dhanbad faculty have now been retracted for “Duplication of images… and presenting them as different
Read More