Weekend reads: “Academic science isn’t sexist;” buying your way into university rankings

booksThe week at Retraction Watch began with news of a lawsuit against PubPeer commenters. Here’s what was happening elsewhere:

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Weekend reads: Making research true; peer review in Shakespeare; a 79-year-old postdoc

booksThe week at Retraction Watch began with the retraction of a paper touted by Dr. Oz. Here’s what was happening elsewhere:

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Weekend reads: “Too good to be true” results; the paper as an “artificial landmark”

booksThe week at Retraction Watch kicked off with news of the European Science Foundation threatening to sue a scientist for calling a review process “flawed.” Here’s what was happening elsewhere:

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Weekend reads: Senator loses degree for plagiarism; bad colitis poetry; fraud on the big screen

booksThe week at Retraction Watch featured papers by a fake author with a brilliant if profane name, and the unmasking of fraudster Diederik Stapel as a sock puppet. Here’s what was happening elsewhere: Continue reading Weekend reads: Senator loses degree for plagiarism; bad colitis poetry; fraud on the big screen

Weekend reads: How’d my name end up on that paper?; Bob Dylan in the scientific literature

booksThe week at Retraction Watch featured yet another case of a researcher peer reviewing his own paper, and an odd defense of plagiarism. Here’s what was happening elsewhere:
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Weekend reads: A journal that will publish anything, even fake; Wakefield loses defamation suit appeal

booksThis week at Retraction Watch featured revelations about legal threats to PubPeer, and a swift expression of concern for a paper denying the link between HIV and AIDS. Here’s what was happening elsewhere: Continue reading Weekend reads: A journal that will publish anything, even fake; Wakefield loses defamation suit appeal

Weekend reads: Reading Nature and Science “very unpleasant,” how to spot fake journals

booksThe week at Retraction Watch featured revelations about the backstory of an expression of concern, and Office of Research Integrity findings in a case that had its beginnings in Retraction Watch comments. Here’s what was happening elsewhere:

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Weekend reads: A scientific impostor, Retraction Watch comments lead to retractions

booksHere at Retraction Watch, the week featured the revelations of the peer reviews of an early version of the STAP stem cell paper, and an announcement about a new partnership. Here’s what was happening elsewhere: Continue reading Weekend reads: A scientific impostor, Retraction Watch comments lead to retractions

Weekend reads: Nature’s torrent of retractions, peer review’s Golden Rule

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Weekend reads: DIY peer review, wildly exaggerated breakthroughs, and how to commit fraud without being caught

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