Ivan Oransky
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Northampton, MA, United States
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President’s Corner: Issues worth keeping in mind as we head into 2020 elections
When it comes to debates over health care policy, there are a number of terms that make veteran reporter Joanne Kenen roll her eyes. There’s “access,” for example. “Saying you have access doesn’t m… → Read More
Surgical device firm demands the retraction of a study paid for by its rival
Hologic said it "strongly disputes" Minerva's assertions about biased patient selection, and the company's CFO said the new data would help his sales force “be much more competitive in the marketplace.” → Read More
Authors of premier medical textbook didn't disclose millions from industry
Authors for Harrison’s Principles of Internal Medicine received more than $11 million between 2009 and 2013 from makers of drugs and medical devices — not a penny of which was disclosed to readers. → Read More
Online forums give investors an early warning of shady scientific findings
If companies and their investors aren’t tracking peer review sites, they may be the last to know when industry-funded research is called into question. → Read More
Peer review is a black box. Let's open it up
A new paper argues that journal publishers should become much more transparent about their peer review practices. → Read More
How a Civil War-era law is being used to punish scientific fraudsters
The False Claims Act is being used for a new purpose: putting universities on the hook for grant money that went to researchers found guilty of fraud. → Read More
Chinese courts call for death penalty for researchers who commit fraud
China has announced two new crackdowns on research misconduct — one of which could lead to executions for scientists who doctor their data. → Read More
New science data-sharing rules are two scoops of disappointment
The rules fail to make data sharing mandatory for papers to be published, which raises the prospect that some authors might decide to ignore the hint. → Read More
A shrimp study's jumbo error — and what other researchers can learn
A flaw in a young researcher's project wasn't the study's death knell, thanks to his willingness to own the embarrassing mistake and make it right. → Read More
This company admitted failure — and the stock market rewarded it
When scientists working for Swedish biotech firm WntResearch spotted errors in their paper they retracted it — and offered investors their money back, too. → Read More
Questionable lab supplies scupper too many research findings
From mislabeled antibodies to watered-down catalysts, problems with lab supplies have wasted labs’ resources and scuppered their research findings. → Read More
For sharing a scientific paper, a young researcher faces jail time
The case of Colombian scientist Diego Gomez — on trial for copyright violation for sharing a research paper — is likely to reach a head later this month. → Read More
Introducing the Doing the Right Thing award, honoring those who clean up the scientific literature
The DiRT award honors anyone involved in science — publisher, author, editor, whistleblower — who has fought the good fight for scientific integrity. → Read More
Phony peer review: The more we look, the more we find
An unknown number of published studies have a hidden flaw: The “peers” who supposedly vouched for their publication are phonies. → Read More
'A shining example of scientific integrity' holds some lessons for all of us
JAMA recently retracted then republished a study with big clinical impact — showing how the scientific record can be corrected quickly and transparently. → Read More
Scientists are getting proactive about self-corrections
The process for correcting a published article can be needlessly burdensome. So some researchers have decided to take matters into their own hands. → Read More
'Research parasite' awards honor scientists who reanalyze others' data
The discoveries of two scientists honored with the inaugural award show just how useful the rehashing of others’ findings can be. → Read More
NIH's new embrace of preprints will be a boon to science
The NIH's new policy encourages researchers it funds to submit their work to preprint servers before they attempt to publish in conventional journals. → Read More
Science sting exposes how corrupt some journal publishers are
In the latest ploy, a group of researchers in Poland tried to seat a fictional scholar onto the editorial boards of 360 academic publications. → Read More
Honest mistakes by young scientists shouldn't doom their careers
For those researchers, the pressure to publish is intense, as they vie for the few jobs at the heads of academic labs. This atmosphere can lead to mistakes. → Read More