Retraction Watch: The RW Daily: Dogged by retractions, Iraqi researcher and publisher uses a different name. And "How Nature Became a 'Prestige' Journal."

Worthwhile Reads Elsewhere

"AI-generated commentaries and letters to the editor of peer-reviewed publications: editors and authors beware!" Meet one author we covered in 2023 who published over 500 letters to editors in a year.
One researcher says the future of international collaboration is "uncertain," while others find journals are becoming increasingly international on average.
Researchers propose the "Citation Discrepancy Index," which they say is "designed to explore the often-ignored extreme discrepancies in author citation counts across bibliographic databases and scientific fields."

Upcoming Talk

"Responding to Research Misconduct Allegations," a EurekAlert!AAAS webinar featuring our Ivan Oransky (February 3, virtual)

ICYMI

Court: University disclosure of researcher's misconduct did not violate due process

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