For Better Science

"I cannot shake the feeling that we find ourselves in a publisher-papermill complex, powered largely by public funding. " - Michal Wojcik

Schneider Shorts 18.09.2026 - nobody is answering in Edinburgh and in Leeds, with a naughty professor in West Virginia, a retirement party in Paris, a lost paper in Strasbourg, some more retractions, and a sexual harasser who ran a Scottish university in

"If there's someone having a negative impact on science, it is Cofnas, not his critics. " - Pieter Beck

Schneider Shorts 11.09.2026 - a Spanish Catholic who saw the light, a US billionaire cured his daughter and saved science, a US businessman who talks too much, a Portuguese alcoholic is confirmed in his job, plus retractions for Epstein's friend and other

"it seems the AI used for an anonymous commenter is not able to read the article and randomly comments on the article. ... Sometimes, we feel that some random person commenting on the article may not have the insight or technical expertise to evaluate the

"I considered whether I should email Abcam and ask them to change the name of the ab51243 antibody on their website to reduce confusion, but … I will instead continue to watch the car…

"I think this story shows the debacle and corruption of entire research fields that become just a very expensive show of bad science-fiction. " - Carabus Maleki

"It's clear that any academically corrupt individual - particularly one with editorial connections - could easily

The papers are old, raw data unavailable, one can see small differences, some students probably did it, and anyway, conclusions are unaffected.

""A number of leading researchers have published their research contributions at this Journal among them Zhanhu Guo, Zhanhu Guo, Zhanhu Guo,…."