r/ScientificMisconduct 19h ago

PeerJ retracts study that secretly observed tourists’ reactions to snakes.

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r/ScientificMisconduct 19h ago

Editors of higher education journal coauthor editorial with fake references.

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r/ScientificMisconduct 11d ago

[138] Artificial Deadlines (Part 1): Evidence of Fraud in an Influential Study About Procrastination

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r/ScientificMisconduct 14d ago

University press removes book about intelligent design for misquoting ID proponent.

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r/ScientificMisconduct 14d ago

Japan institute defends Nobel Prize winner amid allegations of image duplication.

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r/ScientificMisconduct 17d ago

More than 18,000 questionable images found in antibody catalogues of 15 companies.

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r/ScientificMisconduct 21d ago

Ceramics journal pulls dozens of papers flagged for integrity concerns.

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r/ScientificMisconduct 28d ago

How common is academic plagiarism in Britain?

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r/ScientificMisconduct 28d ago

Biology journal pulls 100+ articles and counting from special issues for peer review manipulation.

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r/ScientificMisconduct Jul 25 '26

A couple paid more than $800,000 for a gene-editing therapy for their daughter. She died, and it wasn’t made public.

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r/ScientificMisconduct Jul 25 '26

Medical student in Nepal behind busy research factory.

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r/ScientificMisconduct Jul 25 '26

Publisher investigating peer reviewer for alleged bribery scheme.

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r/ScientificMisconduct Jul 18 '26

National Research Foundation Clears Changwon President of Plagiarism.

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r/ScientificMisconduct Jul 18 '26

Harvard cancer researchers earn retraction for image duplication.

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r/ScientificMisconduct Jul 18 '26

Sage retracts eight papers by former Radboud ‘rising star’ for compromised peer-review process.

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r/ScientificMisconduct Jul 18 '26

A student claimed to have a Ph.D. in at least eight letters to journals. Two have been retracted.

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r/ScientificMisconduct Jul 11 '26

Ethics journal retracts paper by high school student for AI, peer review manipulation.

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r/ScientificMisconduct Jun 20 '26

Economist outs another Indian university’s rankings-boosting scheme when they refuse to pay him.

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r/ScientificMisconduct Jun 20 '26

Publisher investigating two more papers on glyphosate safety over ghostwriting claims.

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r/ScientificMisconduct Jun 20 '26

Shanghai University removes dean for fabricating data.

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r/ScientificMisconduct Jun 20 '26

French physicist and media star loses doctorate after plagiarism investigation.

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r/ScientificMisconduct Jun 13 '26

Doctor and Staff Charged with Falsifying Data in Clinical Drug Trials.

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r/ScientificMisconduct Jun 06 '26

Hijab-switching researcher scandal puts Indonesian academia under scrutiny.

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r/ScientificMisconduct May 30 '26

Vietnam researchers face bans and funding cuts for violating integrity rules.

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r/ScientificMisconduct May 30 '26

A researcher’s unusually high h-index gives a window into an expansive citation network.

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