Weekend reads: Honorary authorship demands, fetishizing metrics, does media attention drive research agenda?

The week at Retraction Watch featured a marriage proposal tucked into a paper’s acknowledgements section, the retraction of a controversial Science advice column, and The New York Times pushing for more focus and funding on research misconduct. Here’s what was happening elsewhere: “My professor demands to be listed as an author on many of my … Continue reading Weekend reads: Honorary authorship demands, fetishizing metrics, does media attention drive research agenda?