Who should fund research’s plagiarism hunters?

Star professor in research fraud case sues Harvard and accusers

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While Marc Tessier-Lavigne has fallen on his sword, the circumstances of his departure point to much deeper problems with scholarly norms and incentives

By Paul Basken

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The science detective on a mission to stamp out shoddy research

Elisabeth Bik has sounded the alarm on everything from hydroxychloroquine claims to Chinese ‘paper mills’

By Joyce Lau

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How Romania's plagiarism hunter took on the PM

Investigative journalist Emilia Sercan defied threats to uncover high-level ring of fraudulent PhDs

By David Matthews

27 July

Scientific sleuthing: who should pay the plagiarism hunters?

Journalists and scientist bloggers poke and point to dodgy bits of literature using limited resources. Is there a better way to support them, and defend them against multimillion-dollar lawsuits?

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Star professor in research fraud case sues Harvard and accusers

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Scientific sleuthing: who should pay the plagiarism hunters?

Journalists and scientist bloggers poke and point to dodgy bits of literature using limited resources. Is there a better way to support them, and defend them against multimillion-dollar lawsuits?

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Subscribe

Related articles

Star professor in research fraud case sues Harvard and accusers

Stanford president’s downfall: a wider indictment of US research?

The science detective on a mission to stamp out shoddy research

How Romania's plagiarism hunter took on the PM

Related universities

Harvard University

University of Virginia (Main campus)

University of Bucharest

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