A Science and Technology Blog
Rashmi Madhuri and Prashant Sharma of IIT Dhanbad have 15 and 19 papers respectively listed on Pubpeer website. These papers have been published while they were doing their doctoral programme…
If science journalists can report results discussed at conferences, why should preprints be off-limit, especially if reported responsibly? While peer-reviewed papers published in reputable journals give journalists a degree of…
IIT Dhanbad has completed its investigation into possible scientific misconduct by Dr. Rashmi Madhuri and Dr. Prashant Sharma. The scientific misconduct appears serious and may attract major penalty. Fourteen papers…
A research group at the Department of Chemistry, Bose Institute, Kolkata has two papers retracted and two more corrected for image duplication. And there are many more papers listed on…
Researchers have been able to spot inappropriately duplicated images in 59 of 960 papers published in one journal between 2009 and 2016. Of the 59, five were retracted. They conclude that…
Four more papers by IIT Dhanbad faculty have now been retracted for “Duplication of images… and presenting them as different material”.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.…
In a rare and highly commendable move that has sent out a strong message to the Indian scientific community, the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has dismissed a…
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…
