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Dalmeet Singh Chawla
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dalmeet.bsky.social
"The authors didn’t disclose financial compensation they received from Monsanto for their work on a ghostwritten paper about the herbicide’s safety"

My latest for @cenmag.bsky.social:

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

@naomioreskes.bsky.social, @undark.org
Glyphosate study from 2000 retracted amid corporate-influence concerns
The authors didn’t disclose financial compensation they received from Monsanto for their work on a ghostwritten paper about the herbicide’s safety
cen.acs.org
December 5, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Reposted by Dalmeet Singh Chawla
dalmeet.bsky.social
The European Commission has been ordered to pay damages and court costs to a researcher after its European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) published defamatory statements accusing her of misuse of grant funding five years ago — my latest for @chemistryworld.com:

www.chemistryworld.com/news/researc...
Researcher wins €50,000 in damages as European Anti-Fraud Office removes ‘unlawful’ press release
EU court rules that inaccurate allegations of grant misuse damaged the researcher's reputation, career and health
www.chemistryworld.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Reposted by Dalmeet Singh Chawla
dalmeet.bsky.social
The @ukri.org is opening up between 1,000-2,000 of its past grant applications to test out if it can/should make use of generative AI.

My latest for @chemistryworld.com: www.chemistryworld.com/news/ukri-op...

@mikethelwall.bsky.social
UKRI opens up grant proposal data to explore using AI to smooth peer review
Surging applications has led the UK's main funder to look at ways to reduce the burden on reviewers
www.chemistryworld.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Reposted by Dalmeet Singh Chawla
dalmeet.bsky.social
Why are the first papers of every volume of @springernature.com online-only journals cited significantly more?

My latest for @chemistryworld.com:

www.chemistryworld.com/news/why-are...

@neesjanvaneck.bsky.social, @crossref.bsky.social
Why are the first papers of some online-only journals cited significantly more?
Issue may originate from an algorithm of the DOI registry Crossref, leading to 150,000 faulty citation links
www.chemistryworld.com
December 2, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Reposted by Dalmeet Singh Chawla
chemistryworld.com
UKRI has opened up its archives on grants in the hope that AI can be trained on it and, in future, help reviewers speed up the peer review process.
UKRI opens up grant proposal data to explore using AI to smooth peer review
Surging applications has led the UK's main funder to look at ways to reduce the burden on reviewers
www.chemistryworld.com
December 3, 2025 at 10:36 AM
dalmeet.bsky.social
The @ukri.org is opening up between 1,000-2,000 of its past grant applications to test out if it can/should make use of generative AI.

My latest for @chemistryworld.com: www.chemistryworld.com/news/ukri-op...

@mikethelwall.bsky.social
UKRI opens up grant proposal data to explore using AI to smooth peer review
Surging applications has led the UK's main funder to look at ways to reduce the burden on reviewers
www.chemistryworld.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:46 PM
dalmeet.bsky.social
Why are the first papers of every volume of @springernature.com online-only journals cited significantly more?

My latest for @chemistryworld.com:

www.chemistryworld.com/news/why-are...

@neesjanvaneck.bsky.social, @crossref.bsky.social
Why are the first papers of some online-only journals cited significantly more?
Issue may originate from an algorithm of the DOI registry Crossref, leading to 150,000 faulty citation links
www.chemistryworld.com
December 2, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Reposted by Dalmeet Singh Chawla
dalmeet.bsky.social
. @rebeccasear.bsky.social is on a mission to get all studies using a database linking #IQ and race retracted. I spoke to her for @retractionwatch.com to find out more: retractionwatch.com/2025/11/25/m...
Meet the researcher aiming to halt use of ‘fundamentally flawed’ database linking IQ and nationality
Rebecca Sear Rebecca Sear is on a mission to convince publishers to retract articles that use a database that purports to rank countries based on intelligence. To maintain the integrity of scientif…
retractionwatch.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Reposted by Dalmeet Singh Chawla
retractionwatch.com
Rebecca Sear is on a mission to convince publishers to retract articles that use a database that purports to rank countries based on intelligence.
Meet the researcher aiming to halt use of ‘fundamentally flawed’ database linking IQ and nationality
Rebecca Sear Rebecca Sear is on a mission to convince publishers to retract articles that use a database that purports to rank countries based on intelligence. To maintain the integrity of scientif…
retractionwatch.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:33 PM
dalmeet.bsky.social
. @rebeccasear.bsky.social is on a mission to get all studies using a database linking #IQ and race retracted. I spoke to her for @retractionwatch.com to find out more: retractionwatch.com/2025/11/25/m...
Meet the researcher aiming to halt use of ‘fundamentally flawed’ database linking IQ and nationality
Rebecca Sear Rebecca Sear is on a mission to convince publishers to retract articles that use a database that purports to rank countries based on intelligence. To maintain the integrity of scientif…
retractionwatch.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:06 PM
dalmeet.bsky.social
. @alcs.co.uk members: you have until Monday to vote for
@richardfisher.bsky.social to elect him as a director.

Would be great to have someone with knowledge of tech to guide the organisation through issues with copyright/credit/remuneration in the era of generative AI!
November 14, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Reposted by Dalmeet Singh Chawla
chemistryworld.com
A Greek researcher has won her court battle against the EU's anti-corruption agency that accused her of misuse of grant funding 5 years ago. An EU court ruled that the fraud agency breached her confidentiality and violated her presumption of innocence.
Researcher wins €50,000 in damages as European Anti-Fraud Office removes ‘unlawful’ press release
EU court rules that inaccurate allegations of grant misuse damaged the researcher's reputation, career and health
www.chemistryworld.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:43 PM
dalmeet.bsky.social
The European Commission has been ordered to pay damages and court costs to a researcher after its European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) published defamatory statements accusing her of misuse of grant funding five years ago — my latest for @chemistryworld.com:

www.chemistryworld.com/news/researc...
Researcher wins €50,000 in damages as European Anti-Fraud Office removes ‘unlawful’ press release
EU court rules that inaccurate allegations of grant misuse damaged the researcher's reputation, career and health
www.chemistryworld.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:17 PM
dalmeet.bsky.social
AI reviewers recommended accepting AI-generated studies up to 82% of the time — my latest for @cenmag.bsky.social:

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

@jameszou.bsky.social
AI peer reviewers are fine with AI-fabricated papers
Study finds artificial intelligence reviewers accept AI-generated scientific studies 4 out of 5 times
cen.acs.org
November 11, 2025 at 1:57 PM
dalmeet.bsky.social
Anyone know who edits opinion articles at Scientific American?
November 5, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Reposted by Dalmeet Singh Chawla
dalmeet.bsky.social
A new Google Scholar tool quantifies how much credit each study author gets — my latest for @nature.com:

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

@michaelgusenbauer.bsky.social
Google Scholar tool gives extra credit to first and last authors
Researchers welcome the initiative, but say it doesn’t go far enough to capture the nuance of researcher productivity and impact.
www.nature.com
October 24, 2025 at 12:02 AM
dalmeet.bsky.social
I'm quoted in the new guidelines launched by @sagepub.com and @senseaboutsci.bsky.social aiming to elevate the role of information curators in combating misinformation:

senseaboutscience.org/wp-content/u...
November 1, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Reposted by Dalmeet Singh Chawla
chemistryworld.com
Scientists are voicing their concerns over two beamlines at the Australian Synchrotron are at risk of closure because of a lack of funding.
Researchers decry plans to close beamlines at Australian synchrotron
Infrared and terahertz spectroscopy lines under threat
www.chemistryworld.com
October 30, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Reposted by Dalmeet Singh Chawla
dalmeet.bsky.social
"The number of publications and number of proposals submitted to a beamline isn’t really a very good metric of the importance of the research that’s done there..."

My latest for @chemistryworld.com:

www.chemistryworld.com/news/researc...

#ChemSky
Researchers decry plans to close beamlines at Australian synchrotron
Infrared and terahertz spectroscopy lines under threat
www.chemistryworld.com
October 30, 2025 at 11:28 AM
dalmeet.bsky.social
"The number of publications and number of proposals submitted to a beamline isn’t really a very good metric of the importance of the research that’s done there..."

My latest for @chemistryworld.com:

www.chemistryworld.com/news/researc...

#ChemSky
Researchers decry plans to close beamlines at Australian synchrotron
Infrared and terahertz spectroscopy lines under threat
www.chemistryworld.com
October 30, 2025 at 11:28 AM
dalmeet.bsky.social
A new Google Scholar tool quantifies how much credit each study author gets — my latest for @nature.com:

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

@michaelgusenbauer.bsky.social
Google Scholar tool gives extra credit to first and last authors
Researchers welcome the initiative, but say it doesn’t go far enough to capture the nuance of researcher productivity and impact.
www.nature.com
October 24, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Reposted by Dalmeet Singh Chawla
retractionwatch.com
“I have no idea what the impersonator was trying to achieve. Had the organizers not emailed me, but him, with acceptance, would he have shown up pretending to be me? This is very confusing and frankly, disturbing.”
‘Confusing and frankly, disturbing’: When researchers are impersonated
winyoo08/iStock Ariel Karlinsky was confused. A Ph.D. student at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, he had just received a message stating the paper he had submitted to an economics conference in …
retractionwatch.com
October 23, 2025 at 12:38 PM
dalmeet.bsky.social
Mohamed Shaaban was surprised when he heard that a paper listing him as an author had been published. It turns out somebody had impersonated him & paid the APC to get the paper published — only to later request it be retracted. My latest for @retractionwatch.com: retractionwatch.com/2025/10/23/c...
‘Confusing and frankly, disturbing’: When researchers are impersonated
winyoo08/iStock Ariel Karlinsky was confused. A Ph.D. student at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, he had just received a message stating the paper he had submitted to an economics conference in …
retractionwatch.com
October 23, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Reposted by Dalmeet Singh Chawla
cenmag.bsky.social
More than 20% of chemistry researchers have deliberately added information they believe to be incorrect into their manuscripts during the peer review process, in order to get their papers published. cen.acs.org/policy/publi... #chemsky 🧪
1 in 5 chemists have deliberately added errors into their papers during peer review, study finds
Conclusion is one of many in a report about how chemists handle errors in manuscripts
cen.acs.org
October 21, 2025 at 4:47 PM
dalmeet.bsky.social
US-based AI company Anthropic will pay authors $1.5 billion after illegally training their AI models using their works that were available on pirate sites.

My latest for @chemistryworld.com: www.chemistryworld.com/news/ai-comp...

@ithakasr.bsky.social
AI company will pay authors $1.5 billion in damages after using their copyrighted works to train its models
Academics set for payouts of $3000 for each book that was illegally downloaded
www.chemistryworld.com
October 21, 2025 at 2:01 PM