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(Australia) Macquarie University considers investigating suspected research fraud – Brisbane Times (Harriet Alexander | December 2021)

Posted by Dr Gary Allen in on January 5, 2022

The Linked Original Item was Posted On December 28, 2021

A hammer and gavel overlaid by the word ''FRAUD".

Macquarie University is considering whether to investigate allegations of research misconduct after concerns were raised about more than 40 papers published by researchers at the Centre for Motor Neurone Disease Research that appeared to contain manipulated or duplicate images.

Another case where image manipulation super-sleuth Elisabeth Bik spotted problems with published research,  These depressing Australian cases highlight a few matters:  1) Are we arriving at a place where institutions will need to review some research outputs prior to submission.  2) If a researcher manipulates an image once, there is a real risk of recidivism. 3) There appears to be a mounting argument for an independent investigative body.  We have included links to eleven related items.

The university said in a statement it was conducting a “preliminary assessment” of Macquarie University-led papers, after it became aware of concerns related to published papers involving its own researchers as well as external authors at multiple research institutions.

They include neuroscientist Gilles Guillemin, whose name is attached to 25 articles that have been red-flagged for containing potentially doctored images on a research discussion website, scientist Bingyang Shi, who was a co-author of five papers where the journal has acknowledged errors post-publication, and neuroscientist Julie Atkin, who was the first author of two papers subsequently retracted by the journal.

Questions about his published research were initially asked by Dutch microbiologist Elisabeth Bik, a world leader in spotting duplicated images in scientific literature, who found unexpected similarities among the western blots, an analytical technique used in molecular biology. It appeared that the same images had been used to illustrate different findings.

Macquarie University considers investigating suspected research fraud
A Macquarie University neuroscientist, who this year became a Member of the Order of Australia, has been linked to 25 papers that contain potentially doctored images.

Related Reading

(Sweden) Swedish research misconduct agency swamped with cases in first year – Nature (Holly Else | September 2021)

(France) French professor faces disciplinary case over hydroxychloroquine claims – The Guardian (November 2020)

It’s Time to Get Serious About Research Fraud – UnDark (Dalmeet Singh Chawla | July 2020)

Should research misconduct be criminalized? (Papers: Rafael Dal-Ré, et al | January 2020)

(Australia) ‘Bad science’: Australian studies found to be unreliable, compromised – Sydney Morning Herald (Liam Mannix | July 2019)

Scandal-weary Swedish government takes over research-fraud investigations – Nature (Holly Else | July 2019)

We need to talk about systematic fraud – Nature (Jennifer Byrne | February 2019)

Austrian agency shows how to tackle scientific misconduct – Nature (Editorial | September 2018)

Australian researchers ‘vulnerable’ under new code of conduct – Nature INDEX (Smriti Mallapaty | June 2018)

(Australia) Fake science: Taxpayers shell out more than $3 million for unreliable research – SMH (Timna Jacks | April 2017)

Academic misconduct claims: Fresh call for national body – The Australian (Darragh O’Keefe | October 2016)

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