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Lex Bouter

@lexbouter.bsky.social

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Professor Emeritus of Methodology and Integrity, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. I'm an Amsterdam-based epidemiologist interested in Research Integrity and Open Science, and much more. ORCID 0000-0002-2659-5482 - Profile page: https://bit.ly/48aE9vI

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Lex Bouter @lexbouter.bsky.social · Dec 23

Short personal reviews of 31 novels on #ResearchIntegrity "Novels can realistically depict the dilemmas scholars need to navigate ... This may help them to reflect on what a good researcher is and what academic scholars can do to stay close to that ideal." bit.ly/409E5ff

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World Conferences on Research Integrity @wcrifoundation.bsky.social · 2d

⏰ 3 days left!

Both abstract submissions and travel grant applications for the 9th #WCRI2026 close on October 15, 2025!

📍 May 3–6, 2026 | Vancouver, Canada 🇨🇦

Share your work and join global conversations.

🔗 wcri2026.org/call-for-abs...

#ResearchIntegrity

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Elisabeth Bik - Perpetrator 5, a fraudulent microbiologist @elisabethbik.bsky.social · 1d

I will be bringing my copy of @stanvanpelt.bsky.social's new book Sloppy Science (in Dutch) to read in the train.

I hope he can sign it for me!

www.lebowskipublishers.nl/boek/3331/st...

Photo of my right hand holding a book. It has a white cover with black letters:
Stan van Pelt
Sloppy Science
Alles over wetenschapsfraude: van foutjes to nepcongressen

And it features a blue abstract smear on the front

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Marc van Oostendorp @fonolog.bsky.social · 8d

'Nu kom je daar met een groot ego nog altijd makkelijker bovendrijven dan met grondigheid en bescheidenheid.' Over slechte wetenschap.

neerlandistiek.nl/2025/10/symp...

Symptomen van een dolgedraaid systeem

‘Nu kom je daar met een groot ego nog altijd makkelijker bovendrijven dan met grondigheid en bescheidenheid.’ Stan van Pelt over slechte wetenschap

neerlandistiek.nl

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Anna Abalkina @abalkina.bsky.social · 6d

I’m honored to be named one of Tagesspiegel’s “100 Researchers of Berlin” for 2025, featured in today’s category “Swimming against the current.” Grateful to be recognized alongside inspiring researchers who challenge convention and push boundaries

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Florian Naudet @floriannaudet.bsky.social · 9d

New post on ResToRes's website: "The Lancet–WCRIF commission on research integrity"
A new Lancet–WCRIF Commission on Research Integrity takes aim at the growing crisis of fake science and questionable research practices, calling for coordinated global action.
restores.univ-rennes.fr/highlights/l...

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Stan van Pelt @stanvanpelt.bsky.social · 8d

Wetenschapsfraude lijkt op doping, vertelde ik in @degelderlander.bsky.social. Topsporters weten ook dat het slecht voor je is en het je je carrière kan kosten: maar ze willen de beste zijn; in de wetenschap vergroot succes bovendien de kans op subsidies. www.gelderlander.nl/nijmegen/fra...

Fraude in onderzoek: van verzonnen echo’s tot een alzheimermedicijn dat niet werkt

Van verzonnen baarmoederlittekens tot onzinstudies over alzheimermedicatie. Gesjoemel met wetenschappelijk onderzoek is aan de orde van de dag, zegt Stan van Pelt, journalist en ex-wetenschapper van d...

www.gelderlander.nl

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World Conferences on Research Integrity @wcrifoundation.bsky.social · 9d

All academics should be scientific sleuths, says scholar

#Sleuths #ScientificSleuths #ResearchIntegrity #WCRI2026 #WCRI

www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?sto...

All academics should be scientific sleuths, says scholar

Exposing academic fraud should be part and parcel of an academic’s job, not an after-hours hobby, and universities should give staff support to stre...

www.universityworldnews.com

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World Conferences on Research Integrity @wcrifoundation.bsky.social · 14d

New code of conduct for researchers advises caution with AI

#AI #GenAI #ResearchIntegrity #Netherland #WCRI2026 #WCRI

dub.uu.nl/en/news/new-...

New code of conduct for researchers advises caution with AI

In a draft version of its new integrity code, the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) recommends that scientists support open science whenever possible, refrain from publishing in pr...

dub.uu.nl

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World Conferences on Research Integrity @wcrifoundation.bsky.social · 16d

We must set the rules for AI use in scientific writing and peer review

#AI #GenAI #Science #PeerReview #WCRI2026 #WCRI

www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/we-m...

We must set the rules for AI use in scientific writing and peer review

Clear policies, transparent disclosure and shared accountability are essential to protect the integrity of research, says George Chalhoub

www.timeshighereducation.com

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World Conferences on Research Integrity @wcrifoundation.bsky.social · 16d

Balancing Privacy, Compliance And Research Integrity

#ResearchIntegrity #Privacy #IRB #WCRI2026 #WCRI

www.forbes.com/councils/for...

Balancing Privacy, Compliance And Research Integrity

Leaders across higher education and industry must ensure that their teams and partners think critically about anonymization, informed consent and data handling.

www.forbes.com

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World Conferences on Research Integrity @wcrifoundation.bsky.social · 19d

How fabricated data, fake journals and sham conferences are polluting science

#ResearchIntegrity #FakeJournals #Science #WCRI2026 #WCRI

www.erasmusmagazine.nl/en/2025/09/2...

How fabricated data, fake journals and sham conferences are polluting science - Erasmus Magazine

In the race for money and prestige, researchers regularly cross the line. Science journalist Stan van Pelt delved into the world of fraud, bogus articles and fake conferences and wrote a book about it...

www.erasmusmagazine.nl

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World Conferences on Research Integrity @wcrifoundation.bsky.social · 19d

🚨 Registration is OPEN!

Join us in Vancouver for the 9th World Conference on Research Integrity (#WCRI2026), May 3–6, 2026.

🌍 All disciplines, all career stages

📍 Venue: The Westin Bayshore

🔗 Register now + book your stay: wcri2026.org/registration/

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Enith Vlooswijk @enithka.bsky.social · 22d

Nepvakbladen publiceren jaarlijks snel een miljoen nepwetenschappelijke artikelen. Dat is een groot probleem, waarvan wetenschappers zich lang niet altijd bewust zijn, schrijft @stanvanpelt.bsky.social in deze voorpublicatie van zijn boek over wetenschapsfraude. www.volkskrant.nl/wetenschap/h...

Hoe ik met ChatGPT een nepwetenschapsartikel schreef (en het nog gepubliceerd kreeg ook)

Een overduidelijk nepartikel publiceren in een chic klinkend wetenschappelijk tijdschrift is kinderlijk eenvoudig, ontdekte journalist Stan van Pelt. ‘Georganiseerde criminaliteit’, noemen fraudeonder...

www.volkskrant.nl

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Peer Community In @peercommunityin.bsky.social · 25d

Yesterday, we had the pleasure of listening to Dorothy Bishop emphasize the responsibility of editors during the 12th PCI Webinar! If you weren't able to join, you can catch her talk and the following Q&A session at this link: youtu.be/0NJ87tYE8_s

PCI Webinar-Dorothy Bishop-How negligent publishers subvert quality control in scientific publishing

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Lex Bouter @lexbouter.bsky.social · 26d

"...we need to ask why bad acts are selected in the first place and design better systems. Don’t blame the player, redesign the game. If we can put better rules in place, evolution will do the rest."
@wcrifoundation.bsky.social

theconversation.com/publish-or-p...

‘Publish or perish’ evolutionary pressures shape scientific publishing, for better and worse

Scientists write papers to share their results – and gain prestige and advance their careers. In this competitive field, selection can favor AI-written papers, citation cartels, paper mills and more.

theconversation.com

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Elisabeth Bik - Perpetrator 5, a fraudulent microbiologist @elisabethbik.bsky.social · 27d

For #PeerReviewWeek, I just published my BlueSky posts and notes from the 10th International Peer Review Congress, held 2 weeks ago in Chicago.
#PRC10 @peerreviewcongress.bsky.social
Part 1 is here: scienceintegritydigest.com/2025/09/16/p...

Peer Review Congress Chicago – Day 1

It’s Peer Review Week! A perfect time to post my notes from the 10th International Congress on Peer Review and Scientific Publication, which was held at the Swissôtel in Chicago, two weeks ag…

scienceintegritydigest.com

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Lex Bouter @lexbouter.bsky.social · 27d

I've just updated my preprint on short personal reviews of novels on hashtag#ResearchIntegrity bit.ly/409E5ff
Please attend me to novels which you believe to belong to this list, but are not yet included.
The preprint recently also has been published in a Chinese journal: bit.ly/3K6P17B

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Anna Abalkina @abalkina.bsky.social · 28d

This is another wake-up call about what is happening with scientific literature, which is being flooded by template papers produced by paper mills. One example is the use of open-access databases like FAERS or NHANES, combined with analyses that rely on biased or incorrect methodologies.

Exclusive: Journal bans drug safety database papers as they flood the literature

celafon/iStockPhoto Starting around 2023, a curious trend took hold in papers on drug safety monitoring. The number of articles published on an individual drug and its link to specific adverse even…

retractionwatch.com

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World Conferences on Research Integrity @wcrifoundation.bsky.social · 29d

'Publish or perish' evolutionary pressures shape scientific publishing, for better and worse

#ResearchIntegrity #AcademicPublishing #Publish #WCRI2026 #WCRI

phys.org/news/2025-09...

'Publish or perish' evolutionary pressures shape scientific publishing, for better and worse

While developing his theory of natural selection, Charles Darwin was horrified by a group of wasps that lay their eggs within the bodies of caterpillars, with the larvae eating their hosts alive from ...

phys.org

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World Conferences on Research Integrity @wcrifoundation.bsky.social · 29d

The education plan of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, cited 15 non-existent sources.

#AcademicIntegrity #ResearchIntegrity #Canada #Newfoundland #Education #WCRI2026 #WCRI

www.plagiarismtoday.com/2025/09/15/e...

Education Plan Cites Nonexistent Sources

In Canada, Education Accord NL just released it’s 10-year-plan for the province’s education system. However, some of the sources were fabricated.

www.plagiarismtoday.com

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Lex Bouter @lexbouter.bsky.social · Sep 14

I believe novels can reveal different aspects of academic life, not unike qualitative research, but with more freedom of expression, which can help to make the didactical points you find important to get across..

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Lex Bouter @lexbouter.bsky.social · Sep 13

Impossible to say. I’ve read them over a period spanning more than a decade. The novels that impressed me most, show how complex the minefield is early career researchers have to navigate. Like e.g. A. Goodman - Intuition and J. Rohn - The honest look (not yet in the preprint).

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · Sep 12

This is how you protect your democracy. The US is a demonstration of what happens when you don't. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

Bolsonaro sentenced to 27 years for plotting military coup in Brazil

Former president sought to ‘annihilate’ country’s democracy after losing 2022 election

www.theguardian.com

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The Scholarly Kitchen @scholarlykitchen.bsky.social · Sep 11

When the Scoreboard Becomes the Game, It’s Time to Recalibrate Research Metrics scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/09/11/g...

When the Scoreboard Becomes the Game, It’s Time to Recalibrate Research Metrics - The Scholarly Kitchen

Today's guest post discusses research metrics and their relationship to research integrity, inclusivity, and long-term impact.

scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org

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Nature @nature.com · Sep 6

An investigation has identified more than 1,500 research articles produced by a network of Ukrainian companies that could be one of Europe’s largest paper mills

go.nature.com/3JLlu3n

Europe’s largest paper mill? 1,500 research articles linked to Ukrainian network

Nature - A group of companies has flooded 380 journals with hundreds of suspect papers since 2017.

go.nature.com

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