Dodgy research, the work of charlatans and the careless has the potential to cause real harm and corrupt the body of scientific literature. This crap can undermine clinical and other professional practice. This preprint paper looks at efforts to decontaminate the scientific record to safeguard the responsible and ethical practice of clinicians and other professionals. Research institutions and publishers have key roles in this space.
Research misconduct and frauds pollute the scientific literature. Honest errors and malevolent data fabrication, image manipulation, journal hijacking, and plagiarism passed peer review unnoticed. Problematic papers deceive readers, authors citing them, and AIpowered literature-based discovery. Flagship publishers accepted hundreds flawed papers despite claiming to enforce peer review. This application ambitions to decontaminate the scientific literature using curative and preventive actions.
Keywords
research integrity · scientific literature · whistleblowing · errors · fraud
Abstract Research misconduct and frauds pollute the scientific literature. Honest errors and malevolent data fabrication, image manipulation, journal hijacking, and plagiarism passed peer review unnoticed. Problematic papers deceive readers, authors citing them, and AI- powered literature-based discovery. Flagship publishers accepted hundreds flawed papers despite claiming to enforce peer review. This application ambitions to decontaminate the scientific literature using curative and preventive actions.
