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Weekend Reads: Nobel defense, Stanford rebuttal, and ethics in science publishing
science6 days ago

Weekend Reads: Nobel defense, Stanford rebuttal, and ethics in science publishing

Retraction Watch’s Weekend Reads roundup covers the Institute defending a Nobel Prize winner amid image-duplication allegations, a former Stanford president publicly rebutting fraud claims, and a cardiologist’s controversial conflicts of interest in guideline creation, alongside a broad mix of publishing-news—from editors’ resignations and data-access debates to AI’s role in research integrity and new tools to detect fraud.

via Retraction Watch|
#ai-in-research#integrity#publishing
Retractions, AI Slop, and the Watchful Eye of Peer Review
science7 months ago

Retractions, AI Slop, and the Watchful Eye of Peer Review

Retraction Watch’s Weekend Reads roundup recaps a week of publishing scrutiny: headlines about a researcher’s alleged poisoning obfuscation, plagiarism accusations, fake references, and dozens of retractions due to compromised peer review; it also highlights AI-related issues in arXiv’s new rules (endorsements for first-time posters and English submissions) and a broad set of discussions on replication, ethics, and data use. The post notes the Hijacked Journal Checker with 400+ entries, the Retraction Watch Database surpassing 63,000 retractions, COVID-era retractions over 640, and 50 mass resignations, and invites donations to support the work.

via Retraction Watch|
#academic-publishing#ai-in-research#arxiv
AI-suspected technobabble prompts Springer Nature inquiry into prolific editor
science7 months ago

AI-suspected technobabble prompts Springer Nature inquiry into prolific editor

A Turkish associate professor and editor, Eren Öğüt, faces a Springer Nature investigation after reviewers flagged multiple 2025 papers that read like technobabble, use irrelevant MATLAB code, and lack reproducible data or overlaid brain images. His unusually high volume of peer reviews (about 650 in one year) and roles as editor across journals raise concerns about editorial bias and integrity, with critics noting AI-assisted editing and a pattern of single-authored works that resemble prior templates. The investigation focuses on methodological gaps, data sharing, and potential misrepresentation of results in Neuroinformatics and related journals.

via Retraction Watch|
#academic-publishing#ai-in-research#neuroimaging
The Rise of ChatGPT: How AI Is Changing Language and Communication
science1 year ago

The Rise of ChatGPT: How AI Is Changing Language and Communication

A study analyzed over 15 million biomedical abstracts from 2010 to 2024 and found that the use of certain words associated with AI-generated content, like 'delves' and 'crucial,' increased significantly after the release of ChatGPT, suggesting that at least 13.5% of abstracts may have been written or edited with AI assistance, raising ethical and authenticity concerns in scientific publishing.

via The New York Times|
#ai-in-research#chatgpt#research-abstracts