#AcademicFraud

Dr J Warr

@warrcrim.bsky.social

3 weeks ago

The real problem is between those who are willing to commit #AcademicFraud, and those who are not.

This is not complex.

The #Ethics has not changed.

All that's changed is the facilitative technologies available to those willing to be swindlers!

#AcademicSky
#AIEthics
#AISlop
#Enshitification

Gerrit Eicker

@eicker.bsky.social

4 weeks ago

A #study testing 13 #LLMs found that all can be used to commit #academicfraud or facilitate #junkscience. While some models, like Claude, were more resistant to fraudulent requests, others, like Grok and early GPT versions, performed poorly. The study highlights the need for developers to implement…

University of St.Gallen

@unisg.ch

1 month ago

Paper Mills: The quiet crisis in academic publishing | HSG FOCUS 25/02 How do paper mills work? What role does AI play in their growth? What needs to change? Read a guest article by journalist Seb Murray.

#PaperMills & the quiet crisis in academic publishing

The rise of industrial-scale #AcademicFraud is reaching unprecedented levels and is at the centre of a surge in fallacious research. By Seb Murray.

Read more: unisg.link/t6w

Asia Daily

@asiadaily.bsky.social

1 month ago

China Reimagines the Doctorate: Engineers Earn PhDs by Building Bridges, Not Writing Papers From Leather-Bound Theses to Steel Bridge BlocksLast month, Zheng Hehui stood before an academic panel at Southeast University in Nanjing...

China Reimagines the Doctorate: Engineers Earn PhDs by Building Bridges, Not Writing Papers #China #AcademicFraud #DoctorateReform

World Conferences on Research Integrity

@wcrifoundation.bsky.social

2 months ago

To Combat Academic Fraud, Scholars Confront Hallowed Tradition This is the fourth part of a series on the crisis in academic research and publishing. Read the first three parts here, here and here. By Vince Bielski The driving ethos of academia, “publi

To Combat Academic Fraud, Scholars Confront Hallowed Tradition

#ResearchIntegrity #AcademicFraud #WCRI2026 #WCRI

www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/202...

World Conferences on Research Integrity

@wcrifoundation.bsky.social

2 months ago

To Combat Academic Fraud, Scholars Confront Hallowed Tradition This is the fourth part of a series on the crisis in academic research and publishing. Read the first three parts here, here and here.

To Combat Academic Fraud, Scholars Confront Hallowed Tradition

#AcademicFraud #Scholar #ResearchIntegrity #WCRI2026 #WCRI

www.fairfieldsuntimes.com/opinion/to-c...

Dr J Warr

@warrcrim.bsky.social

3 months ago

I wonder if a live archive of the articles and submissions that include such fake sources would be useful for editors/publishers for:

1. Cross-checking purposes
2. Quality maintenance
3. #AcademicFraud prevention
4. etc.

#AcademicBlusky
#Criminology
#CrimSky
#SocialSciences
#SciComm

PwrdByROG

@pwrdbyrog.bsky.social

5 months ago

Try it yourself: pick any high-output European researcher (publishing monthly) and spot the pattern—no real research links, just name-swapping in papers for mutual favors. Europe’s pseudo-experts lack ethics and integrity. #AcademicFraud #ScienceEthics #ResearchGate

@byteandpieces.bsky.social

6 months ago

The Emperor's New Clothes: The Hoax That EXPOSED Modern Academia. Ever read something so academic and complicated you felt your brain tie itself in a knot, and you secretly wondered... "Am I dumb, or is this complete gibberish?" You're not alone. And one physicist decided to put that feeling to the ultimate test. This is the incredible story of the Sokal Affair, one of the most brilliant and audacious hoaxes in modern history. We reveal how physicist Alan Sokal, fed up with academic obscurantism, wrote a completely nonsensical paper filled with jargon and fake science... and got it published in a prestigious journal. It was an intellectual sting operation that exposed a massive vulnerability in our expert class. We dive deep into the psychology of why it worked, exploring the "Emperor's New Clothes Effect"—the terrifying social dynamic where smart people pretend to understand nonsense because they're afraid of looking incompetent. We'll show you the specific tricks and tactics obscurantists use to shield their weak ideas from criticism. This isn't just a funny story about academic fraud. This is a masterclass in critical thinking. After this, you'll be able to spot the "Sokal effect" everywhere—from politics to marketing to your own social circles. We're giving you a finely-tuned BS detector. Ready to calibrate yours? Hit play, subscribe, and share this with anyone who's tired of the jargon. Let's start demanding clarity, together.

📣 New Podcast! "The Emperor's New Clothes: The Hoax That EXPOSED Modern Academia." on @Spreaker #academia #academicfraud #badscience #criticalthinking #debunked #edutok #hoax #intellectualhonesty #learnontiktok #logic #mindblown #obscurantism #philosophy #pseudoscience #psychology #science

MSK Library

@msklibrary.bsky.social

8 months ago

Fraudulent Scientific Papers Are Rapidly Increasing, Study Finds

nytimes.com/2025/08/04/s...

#ScientificIntegrity #ResearchEthics #AcademicFraud
#ScienceMatters #FakeScience #TrustInScience
#StopFakeResearch #ReformPublishing #ScienceUnderThreat #ResearchFraud #ScientificMisconduct

Rommy

@memetactica.bsky.social

10 months ago

Dumbest Student

“Donald Trump was the dumbest goddamn student I ever had.” – His own professor.
#Firebrand #TrumpHistory #AcademicFraud #WhartonWTF

Reflash if this tells you everything you need to know.

MSK Library

@msklibrary.bsky.social

11 months ago

Fraudulent Research Falsely Attributed to Credible Researchers—An Emerging Challenge for Journals?
#ResearchIntegrity #AcademicFraud #ScholarlyPublishing #ScientificMisconduct #PeerReview #TrustInScience #FakeAuthorship #AcademicTransparency

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Scott Macintyre

@bibiothecarius.bsky.social

11 months ago

India’s retraction crisis casts shadow over science research - The Times of India Sunday Times News: A surge in retracted scientific papers, particularly from China, the US, and India, threatens academic integrity. Driven by a 'publish or perish' cult

India's retraction crisis casts shadow over science research:
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/sunday-...

#India #Retraction #AcademicSky #AcademicChatter #ScholarlyPublishing #AcademicPublishing #AcademicMisconduct #AcademicFraud #TimesHigherEducation #NIRF #UniversityRankings #RetractionWatch

Daniel MacPhee 🇨🇦

@d-macphee.bsky.social

1 year ago

Problematic Paper Screener: Trawling for fraud in the scientific literature Science sleuths are stepping up efforts to detect bogus science papers. This includes building tools that comb through millions of journal articles for signs of tortured phrases spawned by AI.

Problematic Paper Screener: Trawling for fraud in the scientific literature
#AcademicFraud #PaperMills #Academia 🧪 #Scicomm
theconversation.com/problematic-...

Humans Are Greater Than Money

@humans-are-greater.bsky.social

1 year ago

Wisdom is the ability to identify the many falsehoods and frauds that often lurk within academic papers. #misinformation #academicfraud #fraud #academia

deo

@delgui.bsky.social

1 year ago

Can Academic Fraud Be Stopped? - Freakonomics Can Academic Fraud Be Stopped? - Freakonomics

This episode of #freakonomicsradio about #academicfraud is mandatory for scientists and anyone interested in the advancement of #science.

YesPunjab.com

@handle.invalid

1 year ago

BCI removes Sanjeev Nasiar as Bar Council of Delhi’s Vice Chairman, seeks CBI probe into his law degree - Yes Punjab News The Bar Council of India removes Sanjeev Nasiar as Vice Chairman of Bar Council of Delhi and calls for a CBI probe into the authenticity of his LL.B. degree, citing discrepancies and potential record ...

BCI removes Sanjeev Nasiar as Bar Council of Delhi’s Vice Chairman, seeks CBI probe into his law degree yespunjab.com?p=70878

#BarCouncilOfIndia #SanjeevNasiar #CBIInvestigation #LLB #LegalProfession #BarCouncilDelhi #AcademicFraud #LegalIntegrity #DegreeForgery #IndianLaw #DelhiHighCourt

Valerie O'Loughlin PhD FAAA

@vdoloughlin.bsky.social

1 year ago

‘It felt very icky’: This scientist’s name was used to write fake peer reviews Elsevier retracts dozens of journal articles that were published based on “fictitious” reviews

WOW - this #academicfraud in #peerreview of #science papers is outrageous. Kudos to Dr. Michael Bertram (shown below) for calling out what was done to him!! It felt very icky’: This #scientist’s name was used to write fake peer reviews | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

Paul Guinnessy

@paulguinnessy.bsky.social

1 year ago

Elite researchers in China say they had ‘no choice’ but to commit misconduct Anonymous interviewees say they engaged in unethical behaviour to protect their jobs — although others say study presents an overly negative view. Anonymous interviewees say they engaged in unethical ...

“I had no choice but to commit [research] misconduct,” admits a researcher at an elite Chinese university. #academicchatter #academia #papermills #scholarlypublishing #academicfraud
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Mark Pitcavage

@markpitcavage.bsky.social

9 years ago

“The NRA’s Favorite Gun ‘Academic’ Is A Fraud” thinkprogress.org/debunking-john-lott-5456... #NRA #RKBA #gunviolence #academicfraud #guncontrol #guns