Indian doctors at the Government Medical College and Hospital, Chandigarh have their 'Image in Clinical Medicine' photo published in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) retracted. It is not only a case of image plagiarism, but concoction of a medical case they never came across. If by now researchers in India have become aware … Continue reading NEJM retracts Chandigarh doctors’ image for plagiarism, case concoction
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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
Thirteen more papers by IIT Dhanbad faculty retracted, 25 papers still under a cloud
Four more papers by IIT Dhanbad faculty have now been retracted for "Duplication of images… and presenting them as different material”. The first paper by Dr. Rashmi Madhuri and Dr. Prashant Sharma was retracted in February 2018 and seven more were retracted in the last couple of months. Two more papers in Analytica Chimica Acta … Continue reading Thirteen more papers by IIT Dhanbad faculty retracted, 25 papers still under a cloud
IISER Thiruvananthapuram Director: There’s more to it than meets the eye
In response to the Faulty IISER-Tvm Facebook post that I shared about the lack of action against Prof. V. Ramakrishnan, the Director of IISER Thiruvananthapuram, despite my article pointing out the “copy and paste” content in his papers, Harsh Jog from IISER Pune asked: Can't the IISER Tvm faculty issue a statement? Why wait for … Continue reading IISER Thiruvananthapuram Director: There’s more to it than meets the eye
‘Copy and paste’ content spotted in IISER Thiruvananthapuram director’s papers
Over 50 papers published between 1984 and 2014 by Prof. V. Ramakrishnan, formerly with the School of Physics, Madurai Kamaraj University and currently the Director of the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Thiruvananthapuram have varying degrees of content taken verbatim from or have very close similarity with other previously published papers. Large … Continue reading ‘Copy and paste’ content spotted in IISER Thiruvananthapuram director’s papers
CSIR: IMTECH scientist sacked for fabricating data
Swaranjit Singh Cameotra, a senior scientist at the Chandigarh-based Institute of Microbial Technology (IMTECH), a CSIR lab, has been removed from service early this month for fabricating data in three papers published in 2013 (April 17, October 1 and October 8) in a scientific journal PLOS ONE. All the three papers were retracted by the … Continue reading CSIR: IMTECH scientist sacked for fabricating data
Editorial: A blot on Indian science
That getting papers published in scientific journals, reputable ones included, using manufactured data is virtually child’s play has been made painfully evident by a team of scientists at the Chandigarh-based Institute of Microbial Technology (IMTECH), which functions under the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research. Three papers that the team published last year in the … Continue reading Editorial: A blot on Indian science
IMTECH: CSIR scientist used faked data in seven papers
Three papers published in the journal PLOS ONE in 2013 by a group of Indian researchers at the Institute of Microbial Technology (IMTECH), Chandigarh, were retracted by the journal on July 9, 2014. Four more papers published in 2013 by the same group are in the process of being retracted. All the papers contain fabricated data. … Continue reading IMTECH: CSIR scientist used faked data in seven papers
Now, reversing adult cells to stem cells becomes easy
If in 2006 Shinya Yamanaka showed to the world that reversing adult cells (differentiated cells) to behave like stem cells — induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS cells) — is indeed possible by introducing four transcription factors, two studies published today (January 30) in Nature have gone a step further. Haruko Obokata from the Harvard Medical … Continue reading Now, reversing adult cells to stem cells becomes easy
Expert committee report plagiarised
Published in The Hindu on August 30, 2012 The “Report on possible impacts of communication towers on wildlife including birds and bees,” is a textbook example of how not to write scientific reports. An expert committee, also comprising a few scientists from reputed institutions, was constituted in August 2010 by the Ministry of Environment … Continue reading Expert committee report plagiarised
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