Weekend reads: Journals and the ‘Mathpocalypse’; autism paper earns EOC; Cell Press investigating bribery allegations
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Leading journals in probability are temporarily suspending new submissions due to the "Mathpocalypse" and "Slopwave". A highly cited autism paper has been issued an "Expression of Concern" over data duplications. Cell Press is investigating its Editor-in-Chief for allegedly soliciting bribes from authors. A university probe resulted in the retraction of four neural tube studies.
Google DeepMind's AI crystallography database includes near duplicate structures and unrealistic compounds. The six-month rule for research misconduct investigations in Korea is exceeded in six out of ten cases. A Bulgarian Academic Ethics Committee report found "over 95% plagiarism" in a professor's paper.
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