Contributing editor @retractionwatch.com, formerly @Reuters_Health. I welcome tips. Views are my own.https://bsky.app/profile/joelving.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/joelving.bsky.social/post/3ljsjegv6ek2jReal-world politics is necessarily strategic. Nonetheless, bowing one’s head and treating Trump with deference normalizes his unacceptable and undignified behaviors https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/world/asia/new-zealand-uk-phil-goff-trump.html https://nl.nytimes.com/f/newsletter/ws8vUzQQv1byx5jE6vBgSg~~/AAAAARA~/bIUs7mA0M7wrBdLeT5fekVAFn9WxE3mJIA2Rh8bpwSrCxfm3GOblJRJwOgtw-SKhOhjXSGlk3UHm7uLk0-HFcYjDXa-rPehdJ1aG68slz0CCqzondbUl-1EYAyoe4wofz8kj0NIptVT2I8PGw_CFf-s6q_eNRx5i1evp160xg56-XABwHEmi23tAgXS_qQr307 Mar 2025 17:19 +0000at://did:plc:svasx7zib4bvohaq2f2g2d6q/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljsjegv6ek2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/joelving.bsky.social/post/3lhuvaollrk2vFollowing our two investigations in @science.org (https://science.org/content/article/did-nasty-publishing-scheme-help-indian-dental-school-win-high-rankings & https://science.org/content/article/shoddy-commentaries-quick-and-dirty-route-higher-impact-numbers-are-rise), @SIMATS_Univ in India has had more than 260 papers retracted, @retractionwatch.com's @averyorrall.bsky.social reports https://retractionwatch.com/2025/02/10/as-springer-nature-journal-clears-ai-papers-one-universitys-retractions-rise-drastically/11 Feb 2025 05:07 +0000at://did:plc:svasx7zib4bvohaq2f2g2d6q/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhuvaollrk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/joelving.bsky.social/post/3lhl4ewgn5s2v“Their intention was, we’re going to go open access, we need to publish everything,” Casanova said. “I cannot be instructed by a publisher to publish everything.” https://retractionwatch.com/2025/02/06/editors-resign-journal-clinical-immunology-journal-human-immunity-rockefeller/#more-13099107 Feb 2025 07:48 +0000at://did:plc:svasx7zib4bvohaq2f2g2d6q/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhl4ewgn5s2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/joelving.bsky.social/post/3lhg75syf7s22Really feels like 1984 [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 Feb 2025 08:54 +0000at://did:plc:svasx7zib4bvohaq2f2g2d6q/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhg75syf7s22https://bsky.app/profile/joelving.bsky.social/post/3lh6rufvoxc26This is so scary. [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 Feb 2025 10:08 +0000at://did:plc:svasx7zib4bvohaq2f2g2d6q/app.bsky.feed.post/3lh6rufvoxc26https://bsky.app/profile/joelving.bsky.social/post/3lgzqc5c7xc2rGood point, @mariahodges.bsky.social, editors&peer reviewers have an extremely important job! Our piece does mention the many suspect papers T&F has caught. Also, editors who catch these papers are doing their (paid) job, while sleuths are usually working on their own time, so there’s a difference. [contains quote post or other embedded content]31 Jan 2025 09:56 +0000at://did:plc:svasx7zib4bvohaq2f2g2d6q/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgzqc5c7xc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/joelving.bsky.social/post/3lgv4tut5d22gCheck out our new deep dive on #papermills: Fake papers are contaminating the world’s scientific literature, fueling a corrupt industry and slowing legitimate lifesaving medical research https://theconversation.com/fake-papers-are-contaminating-the-worlds-scientific-literature-fueling-a-corrupt-industry-and-slowing-legitimate-lifesaving-medical-research-246224 @gcabanac.cpesr.fr29 Jan 2025 13:58 +0000at://did:plc:svasx7zib4bvohaq2f2g2d6q/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgv4tut5d22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/joelving.bsky.social/post/3lfmpvr5m5s2gInflating academic output “directly biases the outcomes of ranking systems, compromising their reliability and usefulness” https://retractionwatch.com/2025/01/10/bibliometrics-universities-publication-metrics-authorship/13 Jan 2025 12:20 +0000at://did:plc:svasx7zib4bvohaq2f2g2d6q/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfmpvr5m5s2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/joelving.bsky.social/post/3ldndsu72ok25I'm leaving my role @retractionwatch.com today to devote more time to other projects, but will continue as a contributing editor. Grateful for the 2 terrific years I spent working at this amazing organization on stories holding institutions and researchers to account.19 Dec 2024 07:26 +0000at://did:plc:svasx7zib4bvohaq2f2g2d6q/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldndsu72ok25https://bsky.app/profile/joelving.bsky.social/post/3ldlkupttpc2mPublishing shoddy commentaries, with lots of self-citation, is a new way for universities in South Asia to manipulate metrics and rankings https://www.science.org/content/article/shoddy-commentaries-quick-and-dirty-route-higher-impact-numbers-are-rise18 Dec 2024 14:27 +0000at://did:plc:svasx7zib4bvohaq2f2g2d6q/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldlkupttpc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/joelving.bsky.social/post/3lci5d6zsts2fCareful what you wish for: "In an August editorial, the editors acknowledged some of the increase in submissions the journal had seen “is related to ‘papermill’ type activity.”" https://retractionwatch.com/2024/12/03/wiley-medical-journal-retracts-dozens-of-paper-for-manipulated-peer-review-with-more-to-come/04 Dec 2024 12:21 +0000at://did:plc:svasx7zib4bvohaq2f2g2d6q/app.bsky.feed.post/3lci5d6zsts2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/joelving.bsky.social/post/3lci543bzuc2uWiley medical journal retracts dozens of papers for manipulated peer review, with more to come https://retractionwatch.com/2024/12/03/wiley-medical-journal-retracts-dozens-of-paper-for-manipulated-peer-review-with-more-to-come/04 Dec 2024 12:17 +0000at://did:plc:svasx7zib4bvohaq2f2g2d6q/app.bsky.feed.post/3lci543bzuc2u