The Department of Applied Chemistry at IIT Dhanbad has 45 papers listed on Pubpeer for image duplication and/or manipulation. Of the 45, 19 papers are of Dr. Rashmi Madhuri's. The 19 papers of Dr. Madhuri are in addition to the 25 papers that have already been retracted. Dr. Madhuri is already under investigation by the … Continue reading Department of Applied Chemistry, IIT Dhanbad has 45 papers with duplicated, manipulated images
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Amrita Centre for Nanosciences has 12 papers with duplicated images, seven already corrected
At last count, the Amrita Centre for Nanosciences and Molecular Medicine at Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Kochi has 12 papers that have duplicated images. Image manipulation was seen only in one paper. Seven papers have already been corrected, and four more are in the process of being corrected. The Amrita Centre … Continue reading Amrita Centre for Nanosciences has 12 papers with duplicated images, seven already corrected
Two dozen papers by IIT Dhanbad faculty retracted so far, many more still under a cloud
Rashmi Madhuri and Prashant Sharma, Assistant Professors at IIT Dhanbad, have so far collected over 24 retractions. And many more papers with similar problem of image duplication have been listed on Pubpeer website. The investigation by the institute is still under way and will probably be completed by March-April 2019. Indian Institute of Technology (Indian … Continue reading Two dozen papers by IIT Dhanbad faculty retracted so far, many more still under a cloud
Lancet gets in touch with Current Science authors on litchi disease ethics issue
In response to an article I wrote on February 3 about Dr. Jacob John raising ethics issues about the way the authors of the Lancet Global Health paper had failed to properly acknowledge his team’s work on Muzaffarpur mystery disease, the journal has got in touch with Dr. Mukul Das, one of the authors of the Current Science … Continue reading Lancet gets in touch with Current Science authors on litchi disease ethics issue
In the Post Truth era we have the Journal of Alternative Facts!
After ‘post truth’, ‘alternative facts’ will soon find its way into dictionaries. There is growing momentum as more and more people are using the phrase on a daily basis. It all started when Kellyanne Conway, counsellor to U.S. President Donald Trump Kellyanne Conway used it on January 21 during the Meet The Press event and … Continue reading In the Post Truth era we have the Journal of Alternative Facts!
Open Access: The sorry state of Indian repositories
India may not have a national Open Access policy in place, but the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR), The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), The Department of Science & Technology (DST), the Department of Biotechnology (DBT), The University Grants Commission (UGC) have Open Access policies that clearly mandate researchers to deposit their papers in … Continue reading Open Access: The sorry state of Indian repositories
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