Category Archives: Misconduct

More trouble counting to fifty

Earlier this week at the palaeolimnology symposium, Gavin told me that it had not dawned on him that the count sum could be estimated from percent data using our knowledge of rank abundance curves. I only recently realised this; previously … Continue reading

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Palaeo papers can be retracted

Via Retraction Watch, I find that the conjecture, cherished by so many, that, unlike all other fields of science, there is absolutely no misconduct in palaeoecology may need revising ever so slightly as L & O have retracted Zou et … Continue reading

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There is no scientific misconduct …

The youngest patient was two years old when she died three months after Professor Paolo Macchiarini’s experimental surgery to replace her trachea. Since then, Macchiarini has been accused of scientific malpractice. An external investigation found that he reported in a … Continue reading

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