Scientific integrity & metascience—

Study on hydroxychloroquine by Didier Raoult and colleagues gets pulled on ethical and scientific grounds

Studies conducted by Didier Raoult and colleagues flouted French and international ethical standards, report concludes

Papers contain hundreds of references to University of Salamanca rector Juan Manuel Corchado

Dozens of Springer Nature papers flagged for excessively citing Juan Manuel Corchado

Judge rules that bloggers sued by Francesca Gino are protected by the First Amendment, but allows some claims against Harvard to proceed

Mining company scientists demand retraction of paper claiming environmental contamination

Generated by plagiarism disguisers, these red flags can point to deeper problems with a paper

Data quality suffers in some studies using the MTurk platform—but participant screening and other safeguards can help

Academic chapter and two books authored by Francesca Gino appear to copy from sources including student theses, blogs, and news reports

Internal investigation released during Francesca Gino’s legal proceedings against Harvard Business School

Didier Raoult and his institute found fame during the pandemic. Then, a group of dogged critics exposed major ethical failings

Professor C. R. Rao, the celebrated statistician whose work shaped the landscape of modern statistics, passed away on 22 August in Buffalo, New York.

So-called “rigor-enhancing practices” suggest behavioral science can be reliable—but not everyone is convinced

Simine Vazire, a leader in psychology’s open science movement, talks about her plans to fight fraud and champion rigor in Psychological Science

Papers withdrawn after Harvard Business School investigation of behavioral scientist Francesca Gino uncovers “manually changed” data

Allegedly falsified data found in already-retracted paper about dishonesty

Swiss biologist Laurent Keller, who is no longer employed by the University of Lausanne, denies all claims

University of Lausanne confirms Laurent Keller’s departure but declines to give reason

Tim de Zeeuw abused power, intimidated and vilified women, Leiden University finds

Others say small COVID-19 studies accumulate into a clear picture over time

Dan Ariely denies fabricating data, but can’t produce records to clear his name

But critics worry the metrics remain prone to misuse

Effort aims to identify what’s ethical and legal—and what’s not

Study claiming evidence for the unusual treatment raises eyebrows

Papers accepted by journals before results are known rate higher on rigor than standard studies

Lawyer for microbiologist Didier Raoult has accused Elisabeth Bik, who analyzes scientific papers for image manipulation, of harassment, blackmail

Failed replications rack up more citations than studies that hold up over time

Free reviews from nonprofit body could add to questions facing scientific publishers

Group invents character as form of protest, but ethicists say campaign is misguided

Analysis of 32 countries finds differences between national guidance and Europe-wide code

Prolific researchers found to publish up to 40% of some journals’ content

Questioned psychology papers linger on in meta-analyses

Model shows racing for results leads to lower standards

New society aims for transparency and culture change in ecology

Survey finds widespread support for editing, little guidance from journals

Dozens of papers on personality and health by Hans Eysenck have been retracted or are under suspicion

Researchers hope slimmed-down ARRIVE 2.0 guidelines will improve experimental reporting

Foundational idea of behavioral economics stands up to replication test.

Research on men helping high-heeled women pulled because of sloppy data.

Scientists have disagreed for decades. Now they’re working together to try to find the answer

More than half of a sample had flattering tweaks in report summaries.

Theory protects from "personal intuitions and culturally biased folk theories."

Low attention and a flood of data are serious problems for social networks.

And researchers are surprisingly good at predicting the failures and successes.

Exclusive: Strange statistics, lack of collaborators, and ethical questions remain unaddressed.

Some think the threshold should be stricter, but others say that’s a bad idea.

Now questioning: 3,700 citations in 25 different journals—and eight books—over 20+ years.

New papers were found through investigations into previous fraud.

But the pressure to publish might not be such a problem after all.

Bogus, predatory journals fell for a sting operation.

People think forensics is very precise and evolution is imprecise.

Competitive peer review increases innovation, but it has a dark side.

Researchers share their data more when they can earn a badge for transparency.

Large-scale effort to replicate scientific studies produces some mixed results.

The widely-reported finding that language affects savings failed to replicate...

Series of papers proposes new methods to keep science honest and accurate.

If correlation doesn’t mean causation, why do scientists keep chasing correlations?

Even the most stringently controlled surveys have some degree of bad data.

Paper has been retracted by one author, investigation still ongoing.

Replication study found that posture had no effect on hormones or behavior.

Data sets from social sites can "misrepresent the real world," says study.