An independent committee formed by CSIR in early June 2019 to investigate into image duplication and/or manipulation in published papers has submitted its report to CSIR Director-General Dr. Shekhar Mande. The report will be sent to the directors of four-five CSIR labs, which were investigated, for necessary action. An independent committee that was formed in … Continue reading Investigation into papers with problematic images complete, report submitted: CSIR director-general
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Interview: Scientists found guilty will face suitable disciplinary action, says Shekhar Mande
The committee formed on June 3 has been given a defined time period, with a request to complete the investigations as speedily as possible, Dr. Shekhar C. Mande, Director-General of CSIR tells me. The committee has been asked to be objective, fair, and fiercely impartial in their investigations as a former CSIR-IITR director and the … Continue reading Interview: Scientists found guilty will face suitable disciplinary action, says Shekhar Mande
CSIR-IITR case is being investigated speedily: CSIR Director-General Shekhar Mande
CSIR Director-General Dr. Shekhar C Mande in response to a Facebook comment said that the CSIR-IITR case is “being investigated speedily”. His comment came after I posted the third article citing 24 additional papers (taking the total to 130) containing manipulated and/or duplicated images. Today, the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) finally broke … Continue reading CSIR-IITR case is being investigated speedily: CSIR Director-General Shekhar Mande
Another 24 papers with image manipulation, duplication from CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research
With 24 additional papers containing manipulated, duplicated images, the total number of problematic papers from CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research is 130. The huge number raises a serious issue for science journalists — how do we trust the claims made in papers published even in peer-reviewed journals? If Pubpeer.com website does not surprise me anymore, … Continue reading Another 24 papers with image manipulation, duplication from CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research
33 more papers with manipulated, duplicated images from Indian Institute of Toxicology Research
With 33 more problematic papers spotted on Pubpeer today, the total number of papers containing manipulated and/or duplicated images now stands at 106. Has Indian Institute of Toxicology Research become a factory churning out papers with questionable images? If the images are questionable, will the results in such papers still be valid? There are 33 … Continue reading 33 more papers with manipulated, duplicated images from Indian Institute of Toxicology Research
With 73 problematic papers listed on Pubpeer, Indian Institute of Toxicology Research has a serious problem
Seventy-three papers published between 2004 and 2017 by scientists at the Indian Institute of Toxicology Research (CSIR-IITR), Lucknow have serious problems with the images. Leading the pack with 40 problematic papers is Dr. Yogeshwer Shukla, a senior scientist at IITR. He says investigation is already under way at the institute. Publishing papers by plagiarising is on … Continue reading With 73 problematic papers listed on Pubpeer, Indian Institute of Toxicology Research has a serious problem
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