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This guy is now known beyond reasonable doubt to have committed research fraud multiple times. Why does he still have a job?
by civilized 3y ago
This guy is now known beyond reasonable doubt to have committed research fraud multiple times. Why does he still have a job?
- sigmoid10 3y agoThe real question is why Nature keeps publishing this guy without any scrutiny. They really should have learned their lesson after the fiasco that was their last paper on superconductivity.
- geophile 3y ago… and why he keeps getting past reviewers, who must know his reputation.
- bhelkey 3y agoIn an ideal world, the peer reviewers wouldn't know the author of the paper, right?
- mjoin 3y agothey really know when reading the paper. small world, everyone PI knows who is working on what
- jessriedel 3y agoThe vast majority of academic journal review is single-blind (reviewers are anonymous, but not authors). Double-blind review can be requested by authors submitting to Nature Journals, but it's rare. https://www.science.org/content/article/few-authors-choose-anonymous-peer-review-massive-study-nature-journals-shows https://www.science.org/content/article/few-authors-choose-a...
- subarctic 3y agoMy guess is being a good scientist is less important for keeping his job than, say, not doing anything political controversial
- jjulius 3y ago>Why does he still have a job? Pretty easy to stay hired when you're a founder of a very small startup. Edit: Looks like he's also on staff at the University of Rochester?[0] I can't snarkily explain that one. [0] https://www.hajim.rochester.edu/me/people/faculty/dias-ranga/index.html https://www.hajim.rochester.edu/me/people/faculty/dias-ranga...