This RCI series reports on how misguided professional incentives have spurred a rise in research fraud and on the scientists pushing reforms to curb it.
Fraud Hunters: Sniffing Out Bogus Science (Part I) | RealClearInvestigations
Vince Bielski reports for RealClearInvestigations by Vince Bielski on the growing network of scientific fraud hunters who are exposing research misconduct, including at America's most prestigious universities. An estimated 1-2% of all research papers contain fabricated, falsified, or plagiarized evidence, with retractions increasing fivefold in the last decade and more than 20 Nobel Prize winners having papers retracted. Bielski reports:
Vince Bielski reports for RealClearInvestigations that a global industry of academic fraud is spreading rapidly from Asia and Eastern Europe into the United States and Western Europe. Sophisticated “paper mills” now produce and sell fake scientific papers and authorships to researchers eager to advance their careers, threatening the integrity of legitimate research.
Vince Bielski reports for RealClearInvestigations that the Big Five publishers of top journals – Elsevier, Springer Nature, Taylor & Francis, Wiley, and Sage – are generating massive profits by overwhelming the scholarly system with an unprecedented surge in published papers, many of questionable quality.
Vince Bielski reports for RealClearInvestigations that a growing number of universities and researchers in Europe and the U.S. are challenging academia's hallowed "publish or perish" mandate, arguing it has corrupted scientific pursuit and eroded public trust in research.
