Scientists honoured for facing down lawsuits to reveal findings – Research Professional News (Daniel Cressey | October 2023)
It would be very hard to overstate the importance of the voluntary work being done by scientific sleuths. They are spotting manipulated and copied images, they are detecting outputs that have been purchased from paper mills and they helped detect otherwise dodgy research outputs. They do so without recompense, recognition or reward. They also do so in the face of legal action and the ire of trolls and the mob. We should all be grateful for their work and the contributions they are making to the integrity of the scientific record.