The 6 Most Ridiculous F***-Ups In The History Of Science
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By Chris Radomile Published: August 18th, 2015
By Chris Radomile Published: August 18th, 2015
I read a lot of papers. I also glance at many papers in journal contents pages and Google search results. From time to time I…
Altmetric's annual top 100 list provides an opportunity to see what science reached the general public and to think more about…
A paper revealing Facebook’s secret experiments on users received more online attention than any other scientific paper…
Unfortunate proofreading => huge altmetric score! http://t.co/k94cRc2lDk, http://t.co/N7WnxBDvWr pic.twitter.com/08h0ILHIEK …
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This is an actual quote from a scientific paper, published recently — and apparently without editing. Apparently the authors…
... without calling them out as being crappy? Retraction Watch: ... some fish mating researchers wrote a, um, love note to…
Advice to scientists on how to game the Altmetrics score system.Like everyone, scientists tend to cut corners when writing…
via Twitter and retractionwatch, some hilarity that ended up in the published version of a paper*. Although association…
I need a “Bullshit-O-Meter”, which would determine the purity of bovine excrement that at times heads my way. In a previous post…
I need a “Bullshit-O-Meter”, which would determine the purity of bovine excrement that at times heads my way. In a previous post…
Open access journals charge a fee to publish an article and make the content free to read. Traditional journals charge a…
We never cease to be amazed what can make it through peer review and several levels of editing. In this case, some fish mating…
You want to be careful when you add comments to manuscripts, you know. Sometimes your patent application will publish with all…
You want to be careful when you add comments to manuscripts, you know. Sometimes your patent application will publish with all…