data fabrication

The high-profile retractions of two COVID-19 studies stunned the scientific community earlier this year and prompted calls for reviews of how science is conducted, published, and acted upon. The warning signs had been there all along.

After the initial announcements of two retractions, scientists have mobilized to interrogate the data in nearly 150 of Jonathan Pruitt’s papers.

The institution completed an internal investigation into two professors and a staff researcher for duplicating images and fudging data.

An external consultant will review the work environment of the institution’s Australian Centre for Ancient DNA, led by evolutionary molecular biologist Alan Cooper.

A second investigation by the school concludes that David Latchman, also the head of Birkbeck, University of London, was not involved in the image manipulation found in papers he coauthored.

A whistleblower claims his former supervisor committed fraud when applying for government funds.

Anne Peyroche, who was removed as interim head of France’s National Center for Scientific Research in January, committed scientific misconduct, according to the French Academy of Sciences.

Olivier Voinnet and Patrice Dunoyer face consequences for misconduct that led to the retractions of numerous high-profile papers.

The scientist was a member of a stem cell research team led by Nobel laureate Shinya Yamanaka. 

Yoshinori Watanabe of the University of Tokyo was found to have tampered with images in five prominent publications. 

Are scores of British scientists faking data and plagiarizing?