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Computer science society creates new research integrity role to address case backlog" " Retraction Watch
7+ hour, 2+ min ago (532+ words) Get the latest news from Retraction Watch and beyond Monday through Friday, plus Weekend Reads each Saturday. Over the last five years, the Association for Computing Machinery has been dealing with a rapid rise in allegations of research misconduct that…...
Why paying peer reviewers works, according to a journal's editor-in-chief
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (393+ words) A biology journal which paid peer reviewers found that the approach cut the time to a first editorial decision by 85% and maintained high-quality reviews. A biology journal which paid peer reviewers found that the approach cut the time to a…...
Cabr, Navarro Join UAB Scientific Integrity Panel
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (224+ words) Mirage News Teresa Cabr, lecturer in the Department of Catalan Studies, and Xavier Navarro, lecturer in the Department of Cellular Biology, Physiology and Immunology, have been elected members of the UAB's Scientific Integrity Committee. The Spanish Research Ethics Committee (CEEI)…...
ar Xiv to transition from Cornell to independent nonprofit
2+ day, 8+ hour ago (242+ words) The online research repository ar Xiv will become an independent nonprofit July 1 after 25 years at Cornell, a move university officials say is intended to support faster technology development and long-term financial stability. The repository, headquartered at Cornell Tech's Tata Innovation…...
Google AI Tool Finds Flaws in Scientific Papers Before Peer Review
2+ day, 5+ hour ago (1353+ words) Google researchers say an AI system built to review scientific papers found nearly 90% of certain mathematical and computer science errors in a benchmark of flawed manuscripts, pointing to a possible new role for AI in easing the strain on peer…...
Data Theorem Launches the Industry's First Closed-Loop AI Security Platform
2+ day, 5+ hour ago (177+ words) Jun 30, 2026, 08: 00 ET AI Exploits, AI Auto-Remediation, and AI Active Protection deliver continuous protection from exploit discovery to runtime defense for the enterprise AI era. Data Theorem's platform follows a three-step loop built on the company's decade of Application and API…...
Digital research repository ar Xiv to start new chapter as nonprofit
3+ day, 3+ hour ago (1212+ words) It was born in northern New Mexico, the brainchild of then-Los Alamos National Laboratory physicist'Paul Ginsparg, Ph. D. "81, as a simple way for researchers to share their work with colleagues before it appeared in peer-reviewed journals. When Ginsparg returned to Cornell…...
My Peer Review of The 1%
4+ day, 21+ hour ago (408+ words) But the more I looked at it, thought about it, and explored the data, the more uncomfortable it made me. Here is my full peer review of The 1%. QED Score's algorithm is a black box. The company describes a "multi-agent…...
European study shows progress towards fairer research assessment
6+ day, 3+ hour ago (441+ words) The report provides the first evidence-informed overview of how institutions that signed the Agreement on Reforming Research Assessment (ARRA) are implementing their commitments. The study focuses on organisations that are part of the Coalition for Advancing Research Assessment (Co ARA),…...
Conference charts future of research publishing across Asia-Pacific
6+ day, 10+ hour ago (382+ words) China Daily - Global Edition Conference charts future of research publishing across Asia-Pacific The Asia-Pacific region, a growing hub of scientific innovation, is playing an increasingly influential role in shaping the future of global scholarly communication. On June 16, the 2nd STM APAC…...