Super cool to see this write up. Broadly, it seems to me that a lot of related work here is being carried and developed already particularly within the open science movement, so thought I’d share some links for anyone interested.
PubPeer https://pubpeer.com is a great way to provide comments on any paper and this has successfully been used to raise concerns.
It seems to me that more should be done to unite and fund people working on this, as well as apply more pressure to journals and editors to prioritze retractions.
Anyway, great post and I’m glad you made the case for it.
Super cool to see this write up. Broadly, it seems to me that a lot of related work here is being carried and developed already particularly within the open science movement, so thought I’d share some links for anyone interested.
PubPeer https://pubpeer.com is a great way to provide comments on any paper and this has successfully been used to raise concerns.
And there are researchers who already focus on potential research mis-firings: https://www.science.org/content/article/meet-data-thugs-out-expose-shoddy-and-questionable-research
I’m also thinking of Elisabeth Bik who transitioned from a traditional academic role to a ‘science integrity’ consultant, e.g. https://scienceintegritydigest.com/about/ (her twitter is worth having a glance at, just scroll and see some of the really appalling image manipulations: https://twitter.com/MicrobiomDigest)
It seems to me that more should be done to unite and fund people working on this, as well as apply more pressure to journals and editors to prioritze retractions.
Anyway, great post and I’m glad you made the case for it.