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Retractions and failures to replicate are signs of weak research. But they're also signs of laudable and necessary efforts to identify weak research and improve future research. The #Trump admin is systematically weaponizing these efforts to cast doubt on science as such.

"Research-integrity sleuths say their work is being ‘twisted’ to undermine science."
nature.com/articles/d41586-025

www.nature.comResearch-integrity sleuths say their work is being ‘twisted’ to undermine scienceSome sleuths fear that the business of cleaning up flawed studies is being weaponized against science itself.

EL PAÍS: Eleven studies by Spanish scientist Rafael Luque are retracted due to fraudulent practices. “On December 1, 2022, Luque was expelled from his university, Universidad de Córdoba, with a historic sanction. A new tool now exposes how he rose to the top and how he fell, eventually becoming honored in the Kremlin as ‘pro-Russian.’ Eleven studies of his have already been retracted for […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/12/el-pais-eleven-studies-by-spanish-scientist-rafael-luque-are-retracted-due-to-fraudulent-practices/

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Wall Street Journal: MIT Says It No Longer Stands Behind Student’s AI Research Paper. ” The Massachusetts Institute of Technology said Friday it can no longer stand behind a widely circulated paper on artificial intelligence written by a doctoral student in its economics program. The paper said that the introduction of an AI tool in a materials-science lab led to gains in new discoveries, […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/17/wall-street-journal-mit-says-it-no-longer-stands-behind-students-ai-research-paper/

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📢 #Scientometric indicators in #research evaluation and research #misconduct: analysis of the Russian #university excellence initiative

👉 "The results showed that #RUEI #universities had a significantly higher number of retracted #publications in #WoS - and #Scopus -indexed #journals, suggesting that pressure to meet quantitative scientometric #indicators may have encouraged unethical research practices and #researchmisconduct."

link.springer.com/article/10.1

SpringerLinkScientometric indicators in research evaluation and research misconduct: analysis of the Russian university excellence initiative - ScientometricsThis study aimed to examine the impact of the Russian University Excellence Initiative (RUEI), also known as Project 5–100, on research misconduct in Russian higher education. Launched in 2013, the RUEI incentivized universities to increase the number of publications in internationally indexed journals. The analysis compares the prevalence of retracted publications—as a proxy for research misconduct—between universities that participated in the RUEI and a control group of universities that did not. A total of 2621 retracted papers affiliated with at least one Russian institution were identified. Of which 203 papers were indexed in Web of Science (WoS) and/or Scopus databases. The results showed that RUEI universities had a significantly higher number of retracted publications in WoS- and Scopus-indexed journals, suggesting that pressure to meet quantitative scientometric indicators may have encouraged unethical research practices and research misconduct. In addition, different reasons for retraction were found between publications indexed and not indexed in WoS and/or Scopus databases. These findings suggest that the direct and irresponsible use of scientometric indicators as performance measures may have unintended negative consequences that may undermine research integrity.

The International Association of STM Publishers Content Update Signaling & Alert Protocol addresses a critical gap by ensuring institutional repositories stay up-to-date with #retractions, corrections, and other changes. A pilot demonstrator is in development to provide automated alerts and mitigate the risk of outdated or inaccurate information in the age of #OpenAccess. #ResearchIntegrity 📹 youtu.be/4TB9OPIhG5c

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