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Op-eds and academic articles by Dartmouth provost flagged as AI-written by AI detector. thedartmouth.com/article/202…

Op-eds, academic articles by Provost Santiago Schnell flagged as ‘AI-written’ by ‘near-zero error’...

Schnell said he used artificial intelligence for “making writing processes more efficient,” but that AI was not a “substitute” for his own “intellectual judgment or authorship.”

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“Could AI Be Better at Peer Review Than Humans?” chronicle.com/article/could-…

Opinion | Could AI Be Better at Peer Review Than Humans?

A journal editor weighs the pros and cons.

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Tennessee researcher heads to court amid claims of theft, forgery and revenge. retractionwatch.com/2026/09/…

Tennessee researcher heads to court amid claims of theft, forgery and revenge

In May 2025, Tennessee authorities were preparing to arrest a university math professor for allegedly soliciting university donations from his students and pocketing the money.  Middle Tenness…

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“Genomics addressed its ethical concerns, AI can do the same,” says director of bioinformatics institute. ft.com/content/66403f97-a2f4…

Genomics addressed its ethical concerns, AI can do the same

When science is moving faster than legislation, we must stay humble

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Wiley investigating book chapter on biodiversity for fake references. retractionwatch.com/2026/09/…

Wiley investigating book chapter on biodiversity for fake references

While reading a chapter from a 2024 book on restoring biodiversity in post-industrial land earlier this month, an ecologist came across a reference to a study on rewilding she wanted to look up.&nb…

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New guidelines in South Korea “mandate detailing AI tools, ban hidden prompts, restrict external AI use for sensitive data.” chosun.com/english/industry-…

Government Recommends Disclosing AI Tool Use in Academic Papers

Government Recommends Disclosing AI Tool Use in Academic Papers New National R&D AI Ethics Guidelines Require Transparency on ChatGPT and Other Tools to Prevent Misconduct and Data Leaks

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Elsevier journal retracts 100+ papers for authorship issues, editor conflicts of interest. retractionwatch.com/2026/09/…

Elsevier journal retracts 100+ papers for authorship issues, editor conflicts of interest

Science of the Total Environment (STOTEN) has retracted 165 papers this year, most for “suspicious” changes in authorship or editorial conflicts of interest.  The retractions have come after S…

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Researcher says academia will fall due to “[p]erverse incentives” that “sustained the publishing industry as we know it and blew up the bubble. AI is now pushing that trend into Weimar territory, and papers will be worth nothing.” giorgio.gilest.ro/the-weimar…
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Misconduct case dropped against AI expert after claims of AI use in recent book. retractionwatch.com/2026/09/…

Misconduct case dropped against AI expert after claims of AI use in recent book

Sweden’s national committee on research misconduct has dismissed a case against an expert in the social ramifications of artificial intelligence following allegations her recent book contained hall…

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Weekend reads: ‘The Weimar of knowledge’; ‘Could AI Be Better at Peer Review Than Humans?’; guidelines in South Korea ban hidden prompts, restrict AI use retractionwatch.com/2026/09/…

Weekend reads: ‘The Weimar of knowledge’; ‘Could AI Be Better at Peer Review Than Humans?’;...

If your week flew by — we know ours did — catch up here with what you might have missed. The week at Retraction Watch featured: Misconduct case dropped against AI expert after claims of AI use in r…

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“Is science journalism dying? Comparing a ‘science crash’ 40 years ago to today.” theconversation.com/is-scien…

Is science journalism dying? Comparing a ‘science crash’ 40 years ago to today

While science journalism layoffs pile up and publications shutter, more science communication than ever is available via other online venues.

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“Fraud sealed the fate of controversial zoologist Paul Kammerer — 100 years on, his ideas deserve revisiting.” nature.com/articles/d41586-0…

Fraud sealed the fate of controversial zoologist Paul Kammerer — 100 years on, his ideas deserve...

Nature - After an eventful life in the limelight, the discovery of a manipulated specimen preceded the biologist’s death. Questions about his findings remain.

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"China's Price of Retraction: Wasted Research Funding and Beyond." onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…

China's Price of Retraction: Wasted Research Funding and Beyond

Although China faces a constantly increasing number of retractions and underlying systemic research integrity issues, its financial losses attributable to funded-but-retracted publications remain...

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"Economics journals are governed by a shrinking elite." blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci…

Economics journals are governed by a shrinking elite - LSE Impact

Journal growth in economics has stalled, member turnover has collapsed, and boards have become stable and insular. Does a lack of diversity hold the field back?

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Slovakian university “will investigate the ethical misconduct of two teachers” who have resigned. hnonline.sk/slovensko/963023…

Univerzita Mateja Bela preverí etické pochybenia dvoch pedagógov, Klátik aj Michalko skončili vo...

Rektor Univerzity Mateja Bela podal podnet na etickú komisiu pre podozrenia z porušenia výskumnej integrity pri vedeckom príspevku dvojice pedagógov právnickej fakulty. Obaja sa vzdali akademických...

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Tennessee researcher heads to court amid claims of theft, forgery and revenge. retractionwatch.com/2026/09/…

Tennessee researcher heads to court amid claims of theft, forgery and revenge

In May 2025, Tennessee authorities were preparing to arrest a university math professor for allegedly soliciting university donations from his students and pocketing the money.  Middle Tenness…

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University “dropped from lawsuit by U.S. politician over release of his widely criticized PhD thesis.” cbc.ca/news/canada/new-bruns… A researcher said in 2024 he found “213 cases of academic fraud or misconduct” in the thesis. cityandstatepa.com/politics/…

UNB dropped from lawsuit by U.S. politician over release of his widely criticized PhD thesis | CBC...

The University of New Brunswick has been removed from a lawsuit in the United States by a Republican politician who alleged the school leaked his doctoral thesis and was part of a scheme to discredit...

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"Trust in data: reproducibility packages do not guarantee validity." deevybee.blogspot.com/2026/0…
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In an experiment at the International Conference on Machine Learning, 22.5% of peer reviewers asked not to use an LLM did so anyway. arxiv.org/abs/2609.19420v1

Use and Effects of LLMs in Peer Review: A Randomized Experiment...

LLMs are rapidly reshaping peer review, making it important to understand how reviewers use them in practice and how different LLM-use policies affect review outcomes. We investigate these...

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"NIH details $170 million biomedical research reproducibility effort." science.org/content/article/…

NIH details $170 million biomedical research reproducibility effort

Agency director announces literature search tool, other plans to improve reliability of science findings

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