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Rino Pescitelli @rinopescitelli.bsky.social · 23h

All Wiley journals are down 🧪⚗️

Rino Pescitelli @rinopescitelli.bsky.social · 7d

Hold on, everyone! A new chiroptical spectroscopy has been discovered and nobody told me? link.springer.com/article/10.1... #Chemsky

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Rino Pescitelli @rinopescitelli.bsky.social · Sep 11

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Rino Pescitelli @rinopescitelli.bsky.social · Sep 10

my last attempt to restore a relationship with Elsevier @elsevierps.bsky.social I don't expect they will reply, though. #researchintegrity @pubpeer.com #chemsky 🧪

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Rino Pescitelli @rinopescitelli.bsky.social · Sep 9

our paper rebutting claim that Raman can distinguish enantiomers is finally out onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... Never accepted by Spectrochimica Acta A despite 2 positive reviews, withdrawn after 2 months... while the flawed paper is still on their website #chemsky #researchintegrity 🧪

May Two Enantiomers Have Different Raman Spectra?

May two enantiomers have different Raman spectra? Of course, no! despite what was claimed in a recent publication (Kopec et al., Spectrochim. Acta A 341 (2025):126423). In keeping with the theoretica...

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Rino Pescitelli @rinopescitelli.bsky.social · Sep 8

second refused review for an Elsevier journal in two days #chemsky #researchintegrity 🧪and ongoing

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Rino Pescitelli @rinopescitelli.bsky.social · Sep 7

keeping declining *any* invitation as referee, author, special issue editor from @elsevierps.bsky.social #researchintegrity #chemsky 🧪

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Rino Pescitelli @rinopescitelli.bsky.social · Sep 4

fighting with ACS @pubs.acs.org and Italian CRUI about open access contract... do you know what a "primary author" is? is it legit that the CARE CRUI contract only applies to the "submitting corresponding author" and not to other corresponding authors? #chemsky 🧪

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Rino Pescitelli @rinopescitelli.bsky.social · Aug 23

I still get messages from SSRN that our preprint is among the top downloads, while the paper has been withdrawn 😂 good job @elsevierconnect.bsky.social

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Rino Pescitelli @rinopescitelli.bsky.social · Aug 22

2 months after submission, 1 month after receving 2 acceptance recommendations, our commentary on Spectrochimica Acta A (papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....) was still held by the editor with no reason, so we withdrew it. I will post the whole story soon... #ChemSky #ResearchIntegrity 🧪

May Two Enantiomers Have Different Raman Spectra? Comment on “The Effect of Enantiomers of Thalidomide on Colon Cells-Raman Spectroscopy Studies”

In a recent publication on this journal [Spectrochim. Acta A Mol. Biomol. Spectrosc. 341 (2025) 126423] Kopec et al. reported to “demonstrate that Raman spectro

papers.ssrn.com

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Rino Pescitelli @rinopescitelli.bsky.social · Aug 15

while our commentary to the infamous paper is still stuck at the editor after 2 months with no reason, the preprint has become a top download :D papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... #ChemSky #researchintegrity @pubpeer.com

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Rino Pescitelli @rinopescitelli.bsky.social · Aug 12

didn't know that! I will surely look for this story

Rino Pescitelli @rinopescitelli.bsky.social · Aug 12

from what I learned from this experience, only a convinced editor can force a retraction. sorry, not only convinced, but also fair and ethical and transparent and many other things which don't apply here

Rino Pescitelli @rinopescitelli.bsky.social · Aug 12

that's funny, pubpeer finds my institutional mail has an invalid domain 😂

Rino Pescitelli @rinopescitelli.bsky.social · Aug 12

thanks for the suggestion. I will subscribe PubPeer and post the whole story there

Rino Pescitelli @rinopescitelli.bsky.social · Aug 12

what is fbs, sorry?

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Rino Pescitelli @rinopescitelli.bsky.social · Aug 12

yes I have, but apparently was not enough. I quoted it in my first post on that paper on #bluesky papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

May Two Enantiomers Have Different Raman Spectra? Comment on “The Effect of Enantiomers of Thalidomide on Colon Cells-Raman Spectroscopy Studies”

In a recent publication on this journal [Spectrochim. Acta A Mol. Biomol. Spectrosc. 341 (2025) 126423] Kopec et al. reported to “demonstrate that Raman spectro

papers.ssrn.com

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Rino Pescitelli @rinopescitelli.bsky.social · Aug 12

3 months after publication the paper claiming that Raman can distinguish enantiomers is still there www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... while our commentary is stuck in the editorial offices of @elsevierconnect.bsky.social Such a transparency and fairness! #ChemSky #researchintegrity

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Rino Pescitelli @rinopescitelli.bsky.social · Aug 4

that's what I miss!!

Rino Pescitelli @rinopescitelli.bsky.social · Aug 4

or this one? "If an editor has convincing evidence that a retraction is required, they should not delay retraction simply
because the authors are not cooperative." @elsevierconnect.bsky.social 🧪#chemsky

Rino Pescitelli @rinopescitelli.bsky.social · Aug 4

... this one? "Publications should be retracted as soon as possible after the editor is convinced that the publication is
seriously flawed" @elsevierconnect.bsky.social #chemsky 🧪

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Rino Pescitelli @rinopescitelli.bsky.social · Aug 4

1- In our struggle to get our commentary (on the paper about enantiomer-discriminating Raman❗) published (45 days-and not yet), one editor from @elsevierconnect.bsky.social
recalled they "need to follow the COPE guidelines". doi.org/10.24318/cop... #chemsky 🧪 What about ...

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Rino Pescitelli @rinopescitelli.bsky.social · Aug 4

ins't it called carbon dioxide + water? :D

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Rino Pescitelli @rinopescitelli.bsky.social · Aug 4

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Rino Pescitelli @rinopescitelli.bsky.social · Aug 3

@gierschner.bsky.social perhaps you may be interested in this story too