A hallucination, courtesy of @SpringerNature. The reference below doesn’t exist. #NatureRipoffs #ScienceCrisis
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
November 6, 2026 at 5:16 PM
A hallucination, courtesy of @SpringerNature. The reference below doesn’t exist. #NatureRipoffs #ScienceCrisis
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
I just published: The Church of Impact Factor is selling indulgences
Bribery allegations at Cell Press. The open secret of scientific publishing is out. I'm shocked. I'm not surprised.
#CellOnions #Elsevil #ScienceCrisis
kamounlab.medium.com/the-church-o...
Bribery allegations at Cell Press. The open secret of scientific publishing is out. I'm shocked. I'm not surprised.
#CellOnions #Elsevil #ScienceCrisis
kamounlab.medium.com/the-church-o...
The Church of Impact Factor is selling indulgences
Bribery allegations at Cell Press. The open secret of scientific publishing is out. I’m shocked. I’m not surprised.
kamounlab.medium.com
October 26, 2026 at 2:25 PM
I just published: The Church of Impact Factor is selling indulgences
Bribery allegations at Cell Press. The open secret of scientific publishing is out. I'm shocked. I'm not surprised.
#CellOnions #Elsevil #ScienceCrisis
kamounlab.medium.com/the-church-o...
Bribery allegations at Cell Press. The open secret of scientific publishing is out. I'm shocked. I'm not surprised.
#CellOnions #Elsevil #ScienceCrisis
kamounlab.medium.com/the-church-o...
Newly flagged papers on pubpeer via @DataSleuth (1/4)
#natureripoffs #cellonions #sciencecrisis
1. Ethylene promotes SMAX1 accumulation to inhibit arbuscular mycorrhiza symbiosis
pubpeer.com/publications...
#natureripoffs #cellonions #sciencecrisis
1. Ethylene promotes SMAX1 accumulation to inhibit arbuscular mycorrhiza symbiosis
pubpeer.com/publications...
PubPeer - Ethylene promotes SMAX1 accumulation to inhibit arbuscular m...
There are comments on PubPeer for publication: Ethylene promotes SMAX1 accumulation to inhibit arbuscular mycorrhiza symbiosis (2025)
pubpeer.com
October 17, 2026 at 11:33 AM
Newly flagged papers on pubpeer via @DataSleuth (1/4)
#natureripoffs #cellonions #sciencecrisis
1. Ethylene promotes SMAX1 accumulation to inhibit arbuscular mycorrhiza symbiosis
pubpeer.com/publications...
#natureripoffs #cellonions #sciencecrisis
1. Ethylene promotes SMAX1 accumulation to inhibit arbuscular mycorrhiza symbiosis
pubpeer.com/publications...
New nature papers flagged #natureripoff #sciencecrisis
PHOSPHATE STARVATION RESPONSE transcription factors enable arbuscular mycorrhiza symbiosis
pubpeer.com/publications...
Asymmetric selection of a rice immune module and rebuild of disease resistance
pubpeer.com/publications...
PHOSPHATE STARVATION RESPONSE transcription factors enable arbuscular mycorrhiza symbiosis
pubpeer.com/publications...
Asymmetric selection of a rice immune module and rebuild of disease resistance
pubpeer.com/publications...
PubPeer - PHOSPHATE STARVATION RESPONSE transcription factors enable a...
There are comments on PubPeer for publication: PHOSPHATE STARVATION RESPONSE transcription factors enable arbuscular mycorrhiza symbiosis (2022)
pubpeer.com
October 11, 2026 at 4:13 PM
New nature papers flagged #natureripoff #sciencecrisis
PHOSPHATE STARVATION RESPONSE transcription factors enable arbuscular mycorrhiza symbiosis
pubpeer.com/publications...
Asymmetric selection of a rice immune module and rebuild of disease resistance
pubpeer.com/publications...
PHOSPHATE STARVATION RESPONSE transcription factors enable arbuscular mycorrhiza symbiosis
pubpeer.com/publications...
Asymmetric selection of a rice immune module and rebuild of disease resistance
pubpeer.com/publications...
More @NaturePlants #NatureRipoffs #ScienceCrisis
Blame it on Excel? @msexcel @microsoft
pubpeer.com/publications...
Blame it on Excel? @msexcel @microsoft
pubpeer.com/publications...
September 29, 2026 at 8:00 PM
More @NaturePlants #NatureRipoffs #ScienceCrisis
Blame it on Excel? @msexcel @microsoft
pubpeer.com/publications...
Blame it on Excel? @msexcel @microsoft
pubpeer.com/publications...
Yet another paper with made-up data. What happens now? #sciencecrisis #NatureRipoffs @Nature pubpeer.com/publications...
September 26, 2026 at 1:34 PM
Yet another paper with made-up data. What happens now? #sciencecrisis #NatureRipoffs @Nature pubpeer.com/publications...
For everyone who still believes that MDPI is a legitimate publisher. More fake science in @mdpiopenaccess.bsky.social. Hard to imagine that such obvious image manipulation wasn't picked up in the "review process". #sciencecrisis
September 24, 2026 at 1:23 PM
For everyone who still believes that MDPI is a legitimate publisher. More fake science in @mdpiopenaccess.bsky.social. Hard to imagine that such obvious image manipulation wasn't picked up in the "review process". #sciencecrisis
CONICET has over 10k researchers and 11k doctoral/postdoc fellows.
Yet the current government froze new hires, cut funding, and blocked over 800 approved scientist entries.
As a result, highly trained PhDs are leaving the country.
A brain drain in real time. #ScienceCrisis
Yet the current government froze new hires, cut funding, and blocked over 800 approved scientist entries.
As a result, highly trained PhDs are leaving the country.
A brain drain in real time. #ScienceCrisis
June 25, 2025 at 7:06 PM
CONICET has over 10k researchers and 11k doctoral/postdoc fellows.
Yet the current government froze new hires, cut funding, and blocked over 800 approved scientist entries.
As a result, highly trained PhDs are leaving the country.
A brain drain in real time. #ScienceCrisis
Yet the current government froze new hires, cut funding, and blocked over 800 approved scientist entries.
As a result, highly trained PhDs are leaving the country.
A brain drain in real time. #ScienceCrisis
Fraud is just a symptom. The real crisis in science publishing runs deeper—through incentives, broken peer review, and eroding norms.
Read Part 1: Let’s Not Fool Ourselves by Giovanni Baiocchi
#ScienceCrisis #OpenScience
climatemitigationubik.substack.com/p/lets-not-f...
Read Part 1: Let’s Not Fool Ourselves by Giovanni Baiocchi
#ScienceCrisis #OpenScience
climatemitigationubik.substack.com/p/lets-not-f...
Let’s Not Fool Ourselves: Fraudulent Papers Are Symptoms, Not the Disease [Science Publishing Crisis #1]
The true state of science publishing is far worse than recent reports imply: fraudulent papers are not the disease, but symptoms of a systemic crisis we refuse to confront
climatemitigationubik.substack.com
September 1, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Fraud is just a symptom. The real crisis in science publishing runs deeper—through incentives, broken peer review, and eroding norms.
Read Part 1: Let’s Not Fool Ourselves by Giovanni Baiocchi
#ScienceCrisis #OpenScience
climatemitigationubik.substack.com/p/lets-not-f...
Read Part 1: Let’s Not Fool Ourselves by Giovanni Baiocchi
#ScienceCrisis #OpenScience
climatemitigationubik.substack.com/p/lets-not-f...
Science publishing is in crisis, not just from fraud or paper mills, but from systemic forces that reward weak, empty research.
#ScienceCrisis #OpenScience
Science Publishing Crisis: Series Roadmap
Six Acts of a Systemic Collapse
climatemitigationubik.substack.com/p/science-pu...
#ScienceCrisis #OpenScience
Science Publishing Crisis: Series Roadmap
Six Acts of a Systemic Collapse
climatemitigationubik.substack.com/p/science-pu...
Science Publishing Crisis: Series Roadmap
Six Acts of a Systemic Collapse
climatemitigationubik.substack.com
September 1, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Science publishing is in crisis, not just from fraud or paper mills, but from systemic forces that reward weak, empty research.
#ScienceCrisis #OpenScience
Science Publishing Crisis: Series Roadmap
Six Acts of a Systemic Collapse
climatemitigationubik.substack.com/p/science-pu...
#ScienceCrisis #OpenScience
Science Publishing Crisis: Series Roadmap
Six Acts of a Systemic Collapse
climatemitigationubik.substack.com/p/science-pu...
"We talk about innovation, but structurally we remain what world-systems analysis would call a semi-peripheral economy: materially comfortable, but technologically dependent, exporting raw commodities and importing complex capability.” #auspol #sciencecrisis
Australia’s science crisis reveals a century of structural failure https://johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11/intervene-or-we-sink-australias-science-crisis-reveals-a-century-of-structural-failure #auspol
Australia’s science crisis reveals a century of structural failure
Private capital will not build Australia a world-class science system. Only the public sector can do that. And it must do so at a scale that matches the challenges ahead.
johnmenadue.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:37 AM
"We talk about innovation, but structurally we remain what world-systems analysis would call a semi-peripheral economy: materially comfortable, but technologically dependent, exporting raw commodities and importing complex capability.” #auspol #sciencecrisis
I’m concerned that qualified scientists might just resign en masse at this rate. 🧑🔬📉 #BrainDrain #ScienceCrisis #FutureOfScience
November 27, 2024 at 2:57 AM
I’m concerned that qualified scientists might just resign en masse at this rate. 🧑🔬📉 #BrainDrain #ScienceCrisis #FutureOfScience
19/ The integrity of our public health system is being challenged. When unverified, inaccurate, and fabricated data is allowed to influence policy, it undermines the public’s trust in science—and that’s a crisis we can’t afford.
#PublicHealth #TrustInScience #ScienceCrisis
#PublicHealth #TrustInScience #ScienceCrisis
May 30, 2025 at 7:58 AM
19/ The integrity of our public health system is being challenged. When unverified, inaccurate, and fabricated data is allowed to influence policy, it undermines the public’s trust in science—and that’s a crisis we can’t afford.
#PublicHealth #TrustInScience #ScienceCrisis
#PublicHealth #TrustInScience #ScienceCrisis
5/11 Researchers are already feeling the impact. Colin Carlson at Yale leads a 50-researcher pandemic prediction project funded by a $12.5 million NSF grant. He warns the freeze "is going to destroy people's labs" unless lifted soon.
#AcademicResearch #ScienceCrisis #PandemicPrep
#AcademicResearch #ScienceCrisis #PandemicPrep
May 3, 2025 at 5:53 AM
5/11 Researchers are already feeling the impact. Colin Carlson at Yale leads a 50-researcher pandemic prediction project funded by a $12.5 million NSF grant. He warns the freeze "is going to destroy people's labs" unless lifted soon.
#AcademicResearch #ScienceCrisis #PandemicPrep
#AcademicResearch #ScienceCrisis #PandemicPrep
www.reddit.com/r/ChatGPT/co...
The number of research articles blatantly copy-pasting ChatGPT responses is staggering.
#ScienceCrisis
The number of research articles blatantly copy-pasting ChatGPT responses is staggering.
#ScienceCrisis
March 17, 2024 at 12:08 PM
www.reddit.com/r/ChatGPT/co...
The number of research articles blatantly copy-pasting ChatGPT responses is staggering.
#ScienceCrisis
The number of research articles blatantly copy-pasting ChatGPT responses is staggering.
#ScienceCrisis
📜 Safeguarding the future of biomedical science in the United States
🧑🔬 Tom Maniatis
📔 @cellpress.bsky.social
🔗 www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
#️⃣ #Science #ScienceFunding #Medicine #BioScience #BioMed #ScienceCrisis
🧑🔬 Tom Maniatis
📔 @cellpress.bsky.social
🔗 www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
#️⃣ #Science #ScienceFunding #Medicine #BioScience #BioMed #ScienceCrisis
Safeguarding the future of biomedical science in the United States
NIH’s abrupt decision to cap indirect cost reimbursement at 15% threatens the critical
infrastructure supporting groundbreaking biomedical research in the United States.
This policy jeopardizes Americ...
www.cell.com
March 3, 2025 at 6:13 AM
📜 Safeguarding the future of biomedical science in the United States
🧑🔬 Tom Maniatis
📔 @cellpress.bsky.social
🔗 www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
#️⃣ #Science #ScienceFunding #Medicine #BioScience #BioMed #ScienceCrisis
🧑🔬 Tom Maniatis
📔 @cellpress.bsky.social
🔗 www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
#️⃣ #Science #ScienceFunding #Medicine #BioScience #BioMed #ScienceCrisis
One of the quiet tragedies of modern academia is how easily career logic outcompetes curiosity.
When survival depends on grants, metrics, and constant output, researchers adapt—not because they want to, but because they must.
#ResearchQuality
#SciencePolicy
#SciComm
#ScienceCrisis
#ScienceCritique
When survival depends on grants, metrics, and constant output, researchers adapt—not because they want to, but because they must.
#ResearchQuality
#SciencePolicy
#SciComm
#ScienceCrisis
#ScienceCritique
December 22, 2025 at 10:27 PM
One of the quiet tragedies of modern academia is how easily career logic outcompetes curiosity.
When survival depends on grants, metrics, and constant output, researchers adapt—not because they want to, but because they must.
#ResearchQuality
#SciencePolicy
#SciComm
#ScienceCrisis
#ScienceCritique
When survival depends on grants, metrics, and constant output, researchers adapt—not because they want to, but because they must.
#ResearchQuality
#SciencePolicy
#SciComm
#ScienceCrisis
#ScienceCritique
When your lab mates publish a paper and you’re not a coauthor #AcademicChatter #Phdchat #ScienceCrisis
July 14, 2026 at 1:54 PM
When your lab mates publish a paper and you’re not a coauthor #AcademicChatter #Phdchat #ScienceCrisis
#ELSEVIL strikes again with this beauty.
Surfaces and Interfaces: current article processing charge (APC) for Gold Open Access is US$2,290
#sciencecrisis
Surfaces and Interfaces: current article processing charge (APC) for Gold Open Access is US$2,290
#sciencecrisis
June 20, 2026 at 10:34 AM
#ELSEVIL strikes again with this beauty.
Surfaces and Interfaces: current article processing charge (APC) for Gold Open Access is US$2,290
#sciencecrisis
Surfaces and Interfaces: current article processing charge (APC) for Gold Open Access is US$2,290
#sciencecrisis
June 20, 2026 at 8:32 AM
#ELSEVIL strikes again with this beauty.
Surfaces and Interfaces: current article processing charge (APC) for Gold Open Access is US$2,290
#sciencecrisis
Surfaces and Interfaces: current article processing charge (APC) for Gold Open Access is US$2,290
#sciencecrisis
The world needs more whistleblowers like “Geng Tongxue” (Student Geng).
Mark my words. This story is going global.
#NatureRipoffs #ScienceCrisis www.scmp.com/news/china/s...
Mark my words. This story is going global.
#NatureRipoffs #ScienceCrisis www.scmp.com/news/china/s...
Will science scandals ruin reputation of century-old journal Nature in China?
Chinese academic watchdogs and online detectives are exposing growing numbers of problematic papers in Nature journals.
www.scmp.com
June 10, 2026 at 8:47 PM
The world needs more whistleblowers like “Geng Tongxue” (Student Geng).
Mark my words. This story is going global.
#NatureRipoffs #ScienceCrisis www.scmp.com/news/china/s...
Mark my words. This story is going global.
#NatureRipoffs #ScienceCrisis www.scmp.com/news/china/s...
June 10, 2026 at 9:44 AM
Bad papers rarely get preprinted. Join us and pressure the journals. #PlanU #ASAPbio #ScienceCrisis kamounlab.medium.com/why-im-skipp...
June 8, 2026 at 9:15 AM
Bad papers rarely get preprinted. Join us and pressure the journals. #PlanU #ASAPbio #ScienceCrisis kamounlab.medium.com/why-im-skipp...