A 2012 Cancer Cell paper is under investigation after users of the post-publication peer review website raised questions about the validity of Western blot images.
Analyzing three decades’ worth of PubMed-indexed abstracts, scientists find a notable increase in the frequency of positive words, such as “innovative” and “novel,” over time.
New research finds that observers placing bets in a stock exchange–like environment are pretty good at predicting the replicability of psychology studies.
A behind-the-scenes look at how researchers solved the high-resolution crystal structure of the nucleosome core particle raises the age-old question of assigning credit in science.
Scientific publishers with questionable standards raked in about $75 million and published more than 400,000 articles last year, according to a new analysis.