Spider researcher Jonathan Pruitt faked data in multiple papers, university finds
An investigation at McMaster University found that Jonathan Pruitt, a behavioral ecologist by training who has had 15 papers retracted in the last three years, “engaged in fabrication and falsification” including duplicating data, according to summarized findings sent to coauthors. Kate Laskowski, an assistant professor at the University of California, Davis, shared on Twitter the … Continue reading Spider researcher Jonathan Pruitt faked data in multiple papers, university finds