What is it about paper mills and fake science that inspires you to do this work? The author of the preprint is named as David Bimler, a retired psychologist formerly based at Massey University in Palmerston North, New Zealand.Īfter confirming that Clyde and Bimler are one and the same, Nature spoke to the man himself about paper mills, pseudonyms and Internet sleuthing. Until now.Įarlier this year, Clyde’s e-mail address appeared on a preprint article 1 on the Research Square server, describing a paper mill that has apparently produced more than 800 suspicious-looking chemistry papers. Some, such as research-integrity analyst Elisabeth Bik and molecular oncologist Jennifer Byrne, choose to put their name to the allegations they make, but others, including Clyde and sleuths known as Tiger BB8 and Morty, prefer to do their work pseudonymously. Major chemical database investigates hundreds of suspicious crystal structuresĬlyde is just one of a host of researchers who do this sleuthing, often as an aside from their main jobs in academia. Publishers have retracted many of the suspect papers and taken steps to stop journals accepting submissions produced by paper mills. Alongside other science detectives, he has flagged hundreds of articles that are potentially products of paper mills: companies that churn out fake scientific articles that are bought by researchers who need papers to put on their CVs. Credit: tommaso79/Gettyįor years, a research-integrity sleuth who goes by the pseudonym Smut Clyde has been uncovering evidence of research misconduct. Here you will find options to view and activate subscriptions, manage institutional settings and access options, access usage statistics, and more.Some science-integrity sleuths choose to work under a pseudonym. If you believe you should have access to that content, please contact your librarian.įor librarians and administrators, your personal account also provides access to institutional account management. The institutional subscription may not cover the content that you are trying to access. Oxford Academic is home to a wide variety of products.
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