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Scientific sleuths use ‘tortured phrases’ to find research fraud

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#1 Submitted by ... on June 16, 2023 - 11:35am

Thank goodness there is still someone with courage and integrity prepared to take risks to challenge malpractice. How sad to find risk-averse journals who take the opposite option.

‘This might tank my career’: Pruitt accuser on whistleblowing

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‘This might tank my career’: Pruitt accuser on whistleblowing

After three years of retractions and investigations, Kate Laskowski reflects on her role in exposing her co-author’s research misconduct

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