In the academic landscape, the obsession with numbers and rankings can sometimes mask the true value of research. Warning ...

An international team has uncovered widespread, long-running fraud in mathematical publishing, driven by the global obsession ...

From fabricated research to paid authorships and citations, organized scientific fraud is on the rise, according to a new Northwestern University study. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest ...

On Thursday, the research publisher Science announced that all of its journals will begin using commercial software that automates the process of detecting improperly manipulated images. The move ...

Scientific progress is built on experiments, data, research, and constant questioning. While fraud is not a new issue, big data and Artificial Intelligence present challenges that dramatically ...

University of Minnesota-Twin Cities. Courtesy photo. A University of Minnesota neuroscientist suspected of doctoring images in a highly influential study of Alzheimer’s disease is resigning from the ...

For many years physicists lagged way behind biologists in the perpetration of scientific fraud. But they have caught up in spectacular style with the ambitious opus of Jan Henrik Schon of Bell Labs, ...

Mr. Piller is an investigative journalist for Science. This essay is adapted from his upcoming book, “Doctored: Fraud, Arrogance, and Tragedy in the Quest to Cure Alzheimer’s.” Jan. 24, 2025 Medical ...