Dalmeet Singh Chawla

“You know which papers are your ‘baby’, which papers you really love...”

Australia closes one beamline at national synchrotron, with another saved Agency backtracks on closure of one beamline but asks user community to chip in

Australia’s Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation has closed one beamline at the country's synchrotron and scrapped plans to close another — my latest for @chemistryworld.com:

www.chemistryworld.com/news/austral...

#ChemSky

AI research deluge: why one conference is asking authors to rank their own papers As submissions soar, could authors’ rankings work together with peer review to help identify high-impact research?

“You know which papers are your ‘baby’, which papers you really love." by @dalmeet.bsky.social

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Australia closes one beamline at national synchrotron, with another saved Agency backtracks on closure of one beamline but asks user community to chip in

Australia’s Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation has closed one beamline at the country's synchrotron and scrapped plans to close another — my latest for @chemistryworld.com:

www.chemistryworld.com/news/austral...

#ChemSky

#ChemSky

Author knows best? Top AI conference asks for self-ranked papers amid paper deluge As submissions to AI conferences soar, authors’ own rankings — combined with peer review — could offer a powerful way to identify high-impact research.

Can authors' self-rankings — combined with peer review — offer a powerful way to identify highly impactful papers?

My latest for @nature.com:

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

@emmapierson.bsky.social, @icmlconf.bsky.social, @neuripsconf.bsky.social

#AI #PeerReview

Citation cartels use fake author names to target chemistry journals Dubious entities masquerade as researchers in war zones or low-income countries to obtain journal fee waivers

Citation cartels are now using journal waivers and fake author names to target reputed chemistry journals — my latest for @cenmag.bsky.social:

cen.acs.org/research-int...

@abalkina.bsky.social, @smutclyde.bsky.social, @mumumouse2.bsky.social

Author knows best? Top AI conference asks for self-ranked papers amid paper deluge As submissions to AI conferences soar, authors’ own rankings — combined with peer review — could offer a powerful way to identify high-impact research.

Can authors' self-rankings — combined with peer review — offer a powerful way to identify highly impactful papers?

My latest for @nature.com:

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

@emmapierson.bsky.social, @icmlconf.bsky.social, @neuripsconf.bsky.social

#AI #PeerReview

‘Nature’ robot chemist paper corrected, but some questions remain unanswered The original study claimed the robot had discovered 43 new materials in 17 days

The journal @nature.com has corrected a highly-cited study about a robot chemist producing new materials from scratch — but some questions remain unanswered.

My latest for @cenmag.bsky.social:

cen.acs.org/research-int...

@robertpalgrave.bsky.social

#ChemSky

‘Nature’ robot chemist paper corrected, but some questions remain unanswered The original study claimed the robot had discovered 43 new materials in 17 days

The prominent scientific journal Nature has corrected a highly cited study about a robot designed to synthesize entirely new materials from scratch, but critics say their concerns haven’t been fully addressed. cen.acs.org/research-int... #chemsky 🧪

Weekend reads: Why 500 retractions per month matter; another EOC for former Stanford president; and an argument for ‘slow science’ If your week flew by — we know ours did — catch up here with what you might have missed. The week at Retraction Watch featured: Corrections, biases, and humility in science: Q&A with Tuan V. Ng…

Weekend reads: Why 500 retractions per month matter; another EOC for former Stanford president; and an argument for ‘slow science’

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10,000 INR for second author
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Lithium mining study is retracted despite authors’ protests Parties connected to mining projects in Serbia prompted the retraction, one author claims

Lithium mining study is retracted despite authors’ protests

Parties connected to mining projects in Serbia prompted the retraction, one author claims. cen.acs.org/research-int... #chemsky 🧪

‘Nature’ robot chemist paper corrected, but some questions remain unanswered The original study claimed the robot had discovered 43 new materials in 17 days

The journal @nature.com has corrected a highly-cited study about a robot chemist producing new materials from scratch — but some questions remain unanswered.

My latest for @cenmag.bsky.social:

cen.acs.org/research-int...

@robertpalgrave.bsky.social

#ChemSky

Many thanks!

You call me "her" in your coverage. Can you please change to "his"?

Also, the amount for second authorship slot is 10,000 INR, not 15,000 INR.

Thanks.

Study is stolen, sold, published. Now the victim is accused of plagiarism The year 2026 did not start off kindly for Vijayalakshmi S, an economics researcher at RV University in Bengaluru, India. She received a rejection letter from a journal noting that a paper of hers …

The year 2026 didn't start off kindly for Dr Vijayalakshmi S.

Apparently somebody stole her study, sent it to a paper mill, which then sold its authorship slots, and published it in a journal.

My latest for @retractionwatch.com:

retractionwatch.com/2026/01/26/s...

Study is stolen, sold, published. Now the victim is accused of plagiarism The year 2026 did not start off kindly for Vijayalakshmi S, an economics researcher at RV University in Bengaluru, India. She received a rejection letter from a journal noting that a paper of hers …

The year 2026 didn't start off kindly for Dr Vijayalakshmi S.

Apparently somebody stole her study, sent it to a paper mill, which then sold its authorship slots, and published it in a journal.

My latest for @retractionwatch.com:

retractionwatch.com/2026/01/26/s...

Study is stolen, sold, published. Now the victim is accused of plagiarism The year 2026 did not start off kindly for Vijayalakshmi S, an economics researcher at RV University in Bengaluru, India. She received a rejection letter from a journal noting that a paper of hers …

The man who discovered that S’s paper was probably sold on Telegram knew about paper mills because he had previously paid 10,000 INR with the hope of receiving help in publishing quickly in a journal indexed by Scopus.

Lithium mining study is retracted despite authors’ protests Parties connected to mining projects in Serbia prompted the retraction, one author claims

The authors of a study about the environmental effects of exploratory drilling for a proposed lithium mine in Serbia say their analysis was retracted at the behest of employees working for the mining company, who allegedly sent criticisms of the paper to the journal. cen.acs.org/research-int... 🧪

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Lithium mining study is retracted despite authors’ protests Parties connected to mining projects in Serbia prompted the retraction, one author claims

A study about environmental effects of exploratory mining in Serbia's Jadar Valley has been retracted despite protests from the authors of the paper — my latest for @cenmag.bsky.social:

cen.acs.org/research-int...

#ChemSky

Lithium mining study is retracted despite authors’ protests Parties connected to mining projects in Serbia prompted the retraction, one author claims

A study about environmental effects of exploratory mining in Serbia's Jadar Valley has been retracted despite protests from the authors of the paper — my latest for @cenmag.bsky.social:

cen.acs.org/research-int...

#ChemSky

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‘A serious problem’: peer reviews created using AI can avoid detection Tools fail to identify most AI-generated peer-review reports, say researchers, who warn that the issue is only getting worse.

Tools fail to identify most AI-generated peer-review reports, say researchers, who warn that the issue is only getting worse.

go.nature.com/3MTmdAR

‘A serious problem’: peer reviews created using AI can avoid detection Tools fail to identify most AI-generated peer-review reports, say researchers, who warn that the issue is only getting worse.

Tools fail to identify most AI-generated peer-review reports, say researchers, who warn that the issue is only getting worse.

My latest for @nature.com:

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

#PeerReview

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‘A serious problem’: peer reviews created using AI can avoid detection Tools fail to identify most AI-generated peer-review reports, say researchers, who warn that the issue is only getting worse.

Tools fail to identify most AI-generated peer-review reports, say researchers, who warn that the issue is only getting worse.

My latest for @nature.com:

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

#PeerReview

Dana-Farber settles lawsuit alleging fraud in NIH research Scientific sleuth who uncovered the problems to receive more than $2.6 million

UK-based research integrity sleuth (Sholto David) will receive more than $2.6 million as part of a settlement with Dana-Farber Cancer Institute — my latest for @cenmag.bsky.social: cen.acs.org/research-int...