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Scott Macintyre
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Open Scholarship Specialist, Librarian, bush walker, amateur baker, collector of geraniums, and fan of Korean comedy/drama (a retweet is not an endorsement)
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www.polytechnique-insights.com/en/columns/s...

#Fraud #FraudDetection #ResearchFraud #Science #Research #AcademicResearch #ResearchMisconduct #ResearchIntegrity #AcademicWriting #AcademicSky #ScholarlyPublishing #AcademicPublishing #AcademicChatter #Retractions #PaperMills
Scientific fraud: analysis of a growing phenomenon
Scientific fraud: analysis of a growing phenomenon – Read the column on Polytechnique Insights
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November 18, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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UQs Solar Biotechnology team finalists for the Shaping Australia Awards. To vote, please press the ‘Votes’ heart next to the 2 min video of their project. It's an project using algae in beneficial ways.

#Science #Algae #Biotechnology #UQ #Australia

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Solar biotechnologies: harnessing light to power to solve global challenges | UQ
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November 14, 2025 at 4:31 AM
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Sleuths flag ‘complete mismatch’ in data of BMJ stem cell study  retractionwatch.com/2025/11/06/s...

#Science #Research #AcademicResearch #ResearchMisconduct #DataManagement #AcademicWriting #AcademicSky #ScholarlyPublishing #AcademicPublishing #AcademicChatter #Retractions #FalsifyingData #Data
Sleuths flag ‘complete mismatch’ in data of BMJ stem cell study
A week after The BMJ published a highly publicized paper claiming stem cell therapy can reduce the risk of heart failure, sleuths have unearthed what they are calling “serious” inconsistencies in t…
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November 10, 2025 at 3:50 AM
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The Administration Dismantled CDC's Peer Review System. Staff Scrambled to Save It. www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/faus...

#CDC #Science #AcademicResearch #PeerReview #ResearchIntegrity #AcademicWriting #AcademicSky #ScholarlyPublishing #AcademicPublishing #AcademicChatter #Trump
Opinion | The Administration Dismantled CDC's Peer Review System. Staff Scrambled to Save It.
This is the very system that ensures rigor and fairness in grant decisions
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November 10, 2025 at 3:40 AM
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UQ Talks: understanding the social media ban for kids: uq.alumni.uq.edu.au/v/47868/4876...

#Australia #SocialMedia #DigitalIdentities #UQ #UniversityofQueensland #AcademicSky #AcademicChatter #Psychology #Sociology #Parenting #Parents #Communication
The University of Queensland
understanding the social media ban for kids Dear Scott In December 2025, Australia will enforce a social media ban for under-16s. Can we really force the most digitally connected generation to log off...
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November 7, 2025 at 12:06 AM
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Widespread image reuse, manipulation uncovered in animal studies of brain injury  retractionwatch.com/2025/10/30/w...

#AcademicSky #AcademicChatter #Research #Ethics #Microscopy #Nanoscience #ScholarlyPublishing #AcademicPublishing #Misconduct #Fraud #ImageManipulation #RetractionWatch
Widespread image reuse, manipulation uncovered in animal studies of brain injury
One of the papers in the analysis contained a figure (bottom) found to have overlap with other work by the same author (top). Both papers have been retracted. Annotated images: PubPeer More than 20…
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November 4, 2025 at 4:09 AM
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TikTok says I have ADHD – now what?: stories.uq.edu.au/contact-maga...

#ADAD #ASD #SocialMedia #Neurology #Neurodivergent #Neurodivergence #Misinformation #Misdiagnosis #Psychoeducation #Psychology
TikTok says I have ADHD – now what?
Social media makes therapy speak mainstream – but can also muddle the boundaries. So where does awareness end and misdiagnosis begin? Contact talked to Dr Marjolein Kammers, a Senior Lecturer in Clin...
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November 3, 2025 at 3:31 AM
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Despite new retractions, suspect organ transplant papers remain in the literature  retractionwatch.com/2025/10/24/d...

#Ethics #Retraction #China #Oragans #Transplant #Bioethics #Prisoners #AcademicSky #AcademicPublishing #AcademicChatter #ScholarlyPublishing
Despite new retractions, suspect organ transplant papers remain in the literature
Six years after researchers called for the retraction of more than 400 papers about organ transplantation amid suspicion the organs used in the studies came from executed Chinese prisoners, journal…
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October 28, 2025 at 1:48 AM
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Fake microscopy images generated by AI are indistinguishable from the real thing www.chemistryworld.com/news/fake-mi...
#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #ChatGPT #AcademicSky #AcademicChatter #Research #Ethics #Microscopy #Nanoscience #ScholarlyPublishing #AcademicPublishing #Misconduct #Fraud
Fake microscopy images generated by AI are indistinguishable from the real thing
Materials scientists warn that raw data and replication studies are needed to tackle the looming threat of near-undetectable AI fraud
www.chemistryworld.com
October 3, 2025 at 4:45 AM
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Whoa - researchers at the @utaustin.bsky.social copied several panels of cells and blots from older papers authored in different labs.

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Screenshot of two figures from two different papers. They both show fluorescent cells (green or red, or merged photos) against a black background. I marked two panels on the left and two on the right with pink and cyan boxes to show the duplicates.
September 30, 2025 at 4:47 AM
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We must set the rules for AI use in scientific writing and peer review www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/we-m...

#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #ChatGPT #AcademicSky #AcademicChatter #Research #University #HigherEducation #TertiaryEducation #Ethics #PaperMill #LLM #LargeLanguageModel
We must set the rules for AI use in scientific writing and peer review
Clear policies, transparent disclosure and shared accountability are essential to protect the integrity of research, says George Chalhoub
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September 30, 2025 at 5:28 AM
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£3.4 million project to assess use of AI in doctoral research www.timeshighereducation.com/news/ps34-mi...

#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #ChatGPT #AcademicSky #AcademicChatter #Research #University #HigherEducation #TertiaryEducation
£3.4 million project to assess use of AI in doctoral research
Aston and Leeds plan to create resources and training tools for students, supervisors and examiners
www.timeshighereducation.com
September 23, 2025 at 11:52 PM
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IDW is the leading international conference on research data. It is jointly organised by the International Science Council’s Committee on Data (CODATA) and World Data System (WDS), and the Research Data Alliance (RDA) idw2025.org

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September 1, 2025 at 12:22 AM
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Chu: China ‘will blow us away’ if Trump destroys US universities www.timeshighereducation.com/news/chu-chi...

#Trump #Research #University #USA #Immigration #AcademicChatter #AcademicSky #Nvidia #HigherEducation #China #Obama #Politics
Chu: China ‘will blow us away’ if Trump destroys US universities
Without foreign research talent pouring into leading US institutions, America will fall further behind in tech race, says former US energy secretary Steven Chu
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July 15, 2025 at 12:35 AM
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BrisScience: How IVF could help save wildlife www.eventbrite.com.au/e/brisscienc...

#UQ #Brisbane #BrisScience #Queensland #IVF #WildLife #EndangeredSpecies #ReproductiveTechnologies #Conservation #Biodiversity #Extinction #Science
BrisScience: How IVF could help save wildlife
Join us at our next BrisScience as Dr Andres Gambini explores how reproductive technologies might be adapted for wildlife conservation.
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July 14, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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Flinders ‘comes of age’ as two other Adelaide universities merge www.timeshighereducation.com/news/flinder...

#FlindersUniversity #Australia #SouthAustralia #TertiaryEducation #EDI #HigherEducation #STEM #Equity #Diversity #Inclusion #ImpactRankings #Leadership
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July 14, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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Machine v human skills: what do we teach now? - www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/machi...

#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Education #AcademicChatter #Pedagogy #WorkplaceSkills #LifeSkills
Machine v human skills: what do we teach now?
Human-centred abilities such as curiosity, adaptability and self-reflection are rising in importance as AI threatens to automate routine tasks. Here are ways educators can prepare students for the wor...
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July 2, 2025 at 4:57 AM
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Transparent peer review to be extended to all of Nature’s research papers- www.nature.com/articles/d41...

#Nature #OpenScholarship #ScholarlyPublishing #AcademicPublishing #AcademicSky #AcademicPublishing #AcademicChatter #PeerReview
Transparent peer review to be extended to all of Nature’s research papers
From today, all new submissions to Nature that are published will be accompanied by referees’ reports and author responses — to illuminate the process of producing rigorous science.
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July 2, 2025 at 4:33 AM
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Unfair publisher fees for deposit into repositories highlight the need for authors to exercise their rights coar-repositories.org/news-updates...

#OpenAccess #OA #OpenScholarship #ScholarlyPublishing #AcademicPublishing #AcademicSky #AcademicPublishing #AcademicChatter #APC #RightsRetention
Unfair publisher fees for deposit into repositories highlight the need for authors to exercise their rights
Image: Adobe Stock Image Scientific knowledge is a public good Science and scholarship are about sharing and advancing knowledge, and many open access policies have been diligently designed in orde…
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July 2, 2025 at 4:28 AM
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Scoop: Trump admin cuts contracts with scientific publishing giant - www.axios.com/2025/06/25/t...

#Nature #Springer #Trump #DEI #Science #ScholarlyPublishing #AcademicPublishing #AcademicSky #AcademicPublishing #AcademicChatter #LibSky #Library #Research
Scoop: Trump admin cuts contracts with scientific publishing giant
The administration has questioned editorial practices and whether journals are partisans in scientific debates
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July 2, 2025 at 4:19 AM
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My paper was probably reviewed by AI – and that’s a serious problem www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/my-p...

#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #PeerReview #ScholarlyPublishing #AcademicPublishing #AcademicSky #AcademicPublishing #AcademicChatter #Ethics
My paper was probably reviewed by AI – and that’s a serious problem
Our paper was rejected on the basis of reviewer comments that were vague, formulaic, often irrelevant and occasionally inaccurate, says Seongjin Hong
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July 2, 2025 at 4:08 AM
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10 years after the downfall of a same-sex marriage canvassing study, tenure, some better practices...: tinyurl.run/6Jur44

#ScholarlyPublishing #AcademicPublishing #AcademicSky #AcademicPublishing #AcademicChatter #Data #Metadata #OpenData #Ethics #Retraction #DataAnalysis #RetractionWatch #LGBT
10 years after the downfall of a same-sex marriage canvassing study, tenure, some better practices — and an engagement
A study on how conversations can change minds grabbed headlines when it was published — and again five months later when retracted. “Gay Advocates Can Shift Same-Sex Marriage Views,” read the New Y…
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June 11, 2025 at 12:55 AM
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Being a victim of a predatory journal: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

#Lancet #PredatoryJournal #PredatoryPublisher #Ethics #OpenAccess #OA #OpenScholarship #ScholarlyPublishing #AcademicPublishing #AcademicSky #AcademicPublishing #AcademicChatter #APC #ArticlePublishingCharge #India
Being a victim of a predatory journal
I read with deep respect and reflection Christine Laine and colleagues’ recent publication on predatory journals.1 I have been working in rural Maharashtra, India since 1976, conducting clinical resea...
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June 11, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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‘A big win’: Dubious statistical results are becoming less common in psychology: www.science.org/content/arti...

#Science #Psychology #ScholarlyPublishing #AcademicPublishing #AcademicSky #AcademicPublishing #AcademicChatter #Data #PValues
‘A big win’: Dubious statistical results are becoming less common in psychology
Fewer papers are reporting findings on the border of statistical significance, a potential marker of dodgy research practices
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June 11, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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Please Do Your Best Not to Appear in the “AI Hallucination Database”: www.loweringthebar.net/2025/06/plea... artificial intelligence is not “intelligent.”... also does not know what a lie is

#Law #Legal #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Hallucination #AIHallucination #AcademicSky #AcademicChatter
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June 10, 2025 at 11:50 PM