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Weekend reads: Institute defends Nobel Prize winner; Stanford ex-president tries to refute fraud allegations; cardiologist’s ‘monstrous’ conflict of interest
Retraction Watch • • world
Key Points:
- Editors of an economics journal resigned after Elsevier declined to renew the editor-in-chief’s contract, highlighting tensions between publishers and editorial leadership.
- Elsevier announced plans to investigate two papers by Macchiarini over a year after a retraction request, signaling ongoing scrutiny of controversial research.
- Several notable issues emerged in scientific publishing, including image duplication allegations against a Nobel laureate in Japan, removal of a book on intelligent design for misquoting, and concerns over conflicts of interest and research misconduct globally.
- New data reveals a significant rise in AI involvement in biomedical papers, prompting some journals to prohibit AI-authored content and sparking debate on AI’s role in research integrity.
- Additional topics covered include the increasing costs of article processing charges (APCs), challenges in detecting fraudulent research, the dominance of Western men on editorial boards, and calls for greater transparency and accountability in handling scientific misconduct.
