Elisabeth Bik - Perpetrator 5, a fraudulent microbiologist
@elisabethbik.bsky.social
Science integrity consultant and crowdfunded volunteer, PhD.
Ex-Stanford University. Maddox Prize/Einstein F Award winner
NL/USA/SFO.
#ImageForensics
@MicrobiomDigest on X.
Blog: ScienceIntegrityDigest.com
Support me: https://www.patreon.com/elisabethbik
Ex-Stanford University. Maddox Prize/Einstein F Award winner
NL/USA/SFO.
#ImageForensics
@MicrobiomDigest on X.
Blog: ScienceIntegrityDigest.com
Support me: https://www.patreon.com/elisabethbik
The #Delta plane is still parked far away from the gates, so we have to be going by bus.
We are shoved in the bus like sardines for another 25 min, now standing still next to our plane, waiting for some clearance to be allowed out of the bus. It is getting very hot.
We are shoved in the bus like sardines for another 25 min, now standing still next to our plane, waiting for some clearance to be allowed out of the bus. It is getting very hot.
November 27, 2025 at 2:05 AM
The #Delta plane is still parked far away from the gates, so we have to be going by bus.
We are shoved in the bus like sardines for another 25 min, now standing still next to our plane, waiting for some clearance to be allowed out of the bus. It is getting very hot.
We are shoved in the bus like sardines for another 25 min, now standing still next to our plane, waiting for some clearance to be allowed out of the bus. It is getting very hot.
We boarded nearly four hours ago and finally got a baggie of chips. Everyone was getting hungry! This is a long international flight so people are served a meal and might not have brought any food.
November 26, 2025 at 4:55 AM
We boarded nearly four hours ago and finally got a baggie of chips. Everyone was getting hungry! This is a long international flight so people are served a meal and might not have brought any food.
This “High protein” Strength Meals is like 90% rice with some tiny shredded pieces of chicken and barely any sauce. Disappointing.
November 25, 2025 at 6:31 AM
This “High protein” Strength Meals is like 90% rice with some tiny shredded pieces of chicken and barely any sauce. Disappointing.
Wow! Stars! And amazed at how good my iPhone can capture all of them. We finally figured out what the Southern Cross looks like.
November 23, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Wow! Stars! And amazed at how good my iPhone can capture all of them. We finally figured out what the Southern Cross looks like.
Back in New Zealand after two back-to-back conferences, for a couple of days of vacation at the Coromandel peninsula, before we head back home. Lovely bed and breakfast with amazing view.
November 23, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Back in New Zealand after two back-to-back conferences, for a couple of days of vacation at the Coromandel peninsula, before we head back home. Lovely bed and breakfast with amazing view.
Dr. Jen Beaudry @drjbeaudry.bsky.social is closing the #AIMOS2025 conference, pointing out new and existing fellowship and funding opportunities for meta-research projects. "We are having a Meta Moment of $6.5 million dollars!"
We end with a very meta photo of the conference chairs!
Thank you!
We end with a very meta photo of the conference chairs!
Thank you!
November 21, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Dr. Jen Beaudry @drjbeaudry.bsky.social is closing the #AIMOS2025 conference, pointing out new and existing fellowship and funding opportunities for meta-research projects. "We are having a Meta Moment of $6.5 million dollars!"
We end with a very meta photo of the conference chairs!
Thank you!
We end with a very meta photo of the conference chairs!
Thank you!
NC: EPA released a draft review that looks great! Systematic review! But it is very flawed. They only included papers older<2019, excluded 100s of relevant studies, it was cherry picking data.
www.epa.gov/assessing-an...
We did a systematic review: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
#AIMOS2025
www.epa.gov/assessing-an...
We did a systematic review: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
#AIMOS2025
November 21, 2025 at 12:34 AM
NC: EPA released a draft review that looks great! Systematic review! But it is very flawed. They only included papers older<2019, excluded 100s of relevant studies, it was cherry picking data.
www.epa.gov/assessing-an...
We did a systematic review: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
#AIMOS2025
www.epa.gov/assessing-an...
We did a systematic review: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
#AIMOS2025
NC: We know this is true, we have preclinical/animal data, but we are told to prove this through RCTs.
US EPA released reports but Australian government still claims PFAS are not proven to be bad.
We are exposed to 1000s of chemicals, yet we still evaluate one chemical at the time.
#AIMOS2025
US EPA released reports but Australian government still claims PFAS are not proven to be bad.
We are exposed to 1000s of chemicals, yet we still evaluate one chemical at the time.
#AIMOS2025
November 21, 2025 at 12:21 AM
NC: We know this is true, we have preclinical/animal data, but we are told to prove this through RCTs.
US EPA released reports but Australian government still claims PFAS are not proven to be bad.
We are exposed to 1000s of chemicals, yet we still evaluate one chemical at the time.
#AIMOS2025
US EPA released reports but Australian government still claims PFAS are not proven to be bad.
We are exposed to 1000s of chemicals, yet we still evaluate one chemical at the time.
#AIMOS2025
We will end the @aimosinc.bsky.social conference with a plenary session by Nicholas Chartres, with "Corporate Vectors of Chronic Disease: Using Internal Industry Documents to Safeguard Environmental Health Research Integrity"
#AIMOS2025
#AIMOS2025
November 21, 2025 at 12:04 AM
We will end the @aimosinc.bsky.social conference with a plenary session by Nicholas Chartres, with "Corporate Vectors of Chronic Disease: Using Internal Industry Documents to Safeguard Environmental Health Research Integrity"
#AIMOS2025
#AIMOS2025
Good morning from Sydney, on day 3 of the @aimosinc.bsky.social conference.
This morning I'll attend a workshop by the amazing @anniewham.bsky.social on: "Retrieving Scholarly Metadata with R: Introduction to Crossref and OpenAlex APIs"
#AIMOS2025
This morning I'll attend a workshop by the amazing @anniewham.bsky.social on: "Retrieving Scholarly Metadata with R: Introduction to Crossref and OpenAlex APIs"
#AIMOS2025
November 20, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Good morning from Sydney, on day 3 of the @aimosinc.bsky.social conference.
This morning I'll attend a workshop by the amazing @anniewham.bsky.social on: "Retrieving Scholarly Metadata with R: Introduction to Crossref and OpenAlex APIs"
#AIMOS2025
This morning I'll attend a workshop by the amazing @anniewham.bsky.social on: "Retrieving Scholarly Metadata with R: Introduction to Crossref and OpenAlex APIs"
#AIMOS2025
Another time I was in a lecture theater in a modern building, where wheelchair users could sit at the top.
But the podium could only be reached down a flight of stairs, with no entrance at the bottom, which had an emergency exit that opened to the street.
Only for able-bodied lecturers !
But the podium could only be reached down a flight of stairs, with no entrance at the bottom, which had an emergency exit that opened to the street.
Only for able-bodied lecturers !
November 20, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Another time I was in a lecture theater in a modern building, where wheelchair users could sit at the top.
But the podium could only be reached down a flight of stairs, with no entrance at the bottom, which had an emergency exit that opened to the street.
Only for able-bodied lecturers !
But the podium could only be reached down a flight of stairs, with no entrance at the bottom, which had an emergency exit that opened to the street.
Only for able-bodied lecturers !
Organizing a small conference in an old building can be amazing!
But it might create obstacles for some participants, if the building does not have elevators, or if the nearest bathroom is on a different floor from the conference room.
But it might create obstacles for some participants, if the building does not have elevators, or if the nearest bathroom is on a different floor from the conference room.
November 20, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Organizing a small conference in an old building can be amazing!
But it might create obstacles for some participants, if the building does not have elevators, or if the nearest bathroom is on a different floor from the conference room.
But it might create obstacles for some participants, if the building does not have elevators, or if the nearest bathroom is on a different floor from the conference room.
Can we please discuss accessibility at conferences?
When organizers and schedules assume that everyone can walk fast and climb stairs, people with mobility issues (visible or invisible) might feel excluded.
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When organizers and schedules assume that everyone can walk fast and climb stairs, people with mobility issues (visible or invisible) might feel excluded.
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November 20, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Can we please discuss accessibility at conferences?
When organizers and schedules assume that everyone can walk fast and climb stairs, people with mobility issues (visible or invisible) might feel excluded.
/
When organizers and schedules assume that everyone can walk fast and climb stairs, people with mobility issues (visible or invisible) might feel excluded.
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Now attending the Hackaton "Hacking the system: improving research assessment by stealth"
DORA: Valuing academics by a wider range of scholarly products (wider than number of publications/citations), such as sharing datasets, protocols, software.
sfdora.org
#AIMOS2025
DORA: Valuing academics by a wider range of scholarly products (wider than number of publications/citations), such as sharing datasets, protocols, software.
sfdora.org
#AIMOS2025
November 20, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Now attending the Hackaton "Hacking the system: improving research assessment by stealth"
DORA: Valuing academics by a wider range of scholarly products (wider than number of publications/citations), such as sharing datasets, protocols, software.
sfdora.org
#AIMOS2025
DORA: Valuing academics by a wider range of scholarly products (wider than number of publications/citations), such as sharing datasets, protocols, software.
sfdora.org
#AIMOS2025
After a quick tea break, I am in the parallel discussion session: "Mitigating risks for early career researchers that blow the whistle on unreliable research" with chair Vincent Mourik @vincentmourik.bsky.social
(Per request, I will not be posting this discussion).
#AIMOS2025
(Per request, I will not be posting this discussion).
#AIMOS2025
November 20, 2025 at 4:32 AM
After a quick tea break, I am in the parallel discussion session: "Mitigating risks for early career researchers that blow the whistle on unreliable research" with chair Vincent Mourik @vincentmourik.bsky.social
(Per request, I will not be posting this discussion).
#AIMOS2025
(Per request, I will not be posting this discussion).
#AIMOS2025
4. Jacques Raubenheimer: You get what you pay for & value what you work (hard) for—Avoiding the pitfalls of bad Google Trends research.
Google Trends: everything is shown scaled to the top (100%), based on a random subset. You need to use the API to get non-scaled data.
#AIMOS2025
Google Trends: everything is shown scaled to the top (100%), based on a random subset. You need to use the API to get non-scaled data.
#AIMOS2025
November 20, 2025 at 4:00 AM
4. Jacques Raubenheimer: You get what you pay for & value what you work (hard) for—Avoiding the pitfalls of bad Google Trends research.
Google Trends: everything is shown scaled to the top (100%), based on a random subset. You need to use the API to get non-scaled data.
#AIMOS2025
Google Trends: everything is shown scaled to the top (100%), based on a random subset. You need to use the API to get non-scaled data.
#AIMOS2025
3. Inika Sharma: The landscape of randomised controlled trials in India: A mapping review.
11,932 studies were included, over 7M participants, Changes in guidelines caused dips or increases over time.
#AIMOS2025
11,932 studies were included, over 7M participants, Changes in guidelines caused dips or increases over time.
#AIMOS2025
November 20, 2025 at 3:54 AM
3. Inika Sharma: The landscape of randomised controlled trials in India: A mapping review.
11,932 studies were included, over 7M participants, Changes in guidelines caused dips or increases over time.
#AIMOS2025
11,932 studies were included, over 7M participants, Changes in guidelines caused dips or increases over time.
#AIMOS2025
2. Gerben ter Riet & Anne de Jong (prerecorded): Four-Year Trends of Adherence to a Checklist for Responsible Research Practices.
Do people adhere to guidelines? We looked at 23 studies, adherence went down over time, in particular those related to open science such as preregistration.
#AIMOS2025
Do people adhere to guidelines? We looked at 23 studies, adherence went down over time, in particular those related to open science such as preregistration.
#AIMOS2025
November 20, 2025 at 3:47 AM
2. Gerben ter Riet & Anne de Jong (prerecorded): Four-Year Trends of Adherence to a Checklist for Responsible Research Practices.
Do people adhere to guidelines? We looked at 23 studies, adherence went down over time, in particular those related to open science such as preregistration.
#AIMOS2025
Do people adhere to guidelines? We looked at 23 studies, adherence went down over time, in particular those related to open science such as preregistration.
#AIMOS2025
1. Madeleen van der Merwe: Statistical Errors in Health Journal Articles. A systematic review.
We looked at 53 articles - identified 940 statistical errors
#AIMOS2025
We looked at 53 articles - identified 940 statistical errors
#AIMOS2025
November 20, 2025 at 3:41 AM
1. Madeleen van der Merwe: Statistical Errors in Health Journal Articles. A systematic review.
We looked at 53 articles - identified 940 statistical errors
#AIMOS2025
We looked at 53 articles - identified 940 statistical errors
#AIMOS2025
Next, Lightning talk session 8:
Topic/Title = Efficiency and Errors
Speaker/Chair = Gina Grimshaw
We will have four talks in 30 min.
(we all had to run from one building to another involving 6 floor and 4 floor elevator ride, so we are starting a bit too late).
#AIMOS2025
Topic/Title = Efficiency and Errors
Speaker/Chair = Gina Grimshaw
We will have four talks in 30 min.
(we all had to run from one building to another involving 6 floor and 4 floor elevator ride, so we are starting a bit too late).
#AIMOS2025
November 20, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Next, Lightning talk session 8:
Topic/Title = Efficiency and Errors
Speaker/Chair = Gina Grimshaw
We will have four talks in 30 min.
(we all had to run from one building to another involving 6 floor and 4 floor elevator ride, so we are starting a bit too late).
#AIMOS2025
Topic/Title = Efficiency and Errors
Speaker/Chair = Gina Grimshaw
We will have four talks in 30 min.
(we all had to run from one building to another involving 6 floor and 4 floor elevator ride, so we are starting a bit too late).
#AIMOS2025
3. Luciana Machado @machadolac.bsky.social (online): A New Global Alliance Tackling Research Integrity Challenges.
Many great initiatives deal with science integrity, but coordination is important. We connect organizations.
Reach: interactive digital magazine.
www.sci-integrity.com
#AIMOS2025
Many great initiatives deal with science integrity, but coordination is important. We connect organizations.
Reach: interactive digital magazine.
www.sci-integrity.com
#AIMOS2025
November 20, 2025 at 3:15 AM
3. Luciana Machado @machadolac.bsky.social (online): A New Global Alliance Tackling Research Integrity Challenges.
Many great initiatives deal with science integrity, but coordination is important. We connect organizations.
Reach: interactive digital magazine.
www.sci-integrity.com
#AIMOS2025
Many great initiatives deal with science integrity, but coordination is important. We connect organizations.
Reach: interactive digital magazine.
www.sci-integrity.com
#AIMOS2025
AW: Set of papers where the discussion sounded like a second introduction (background information) with many new references, much more than other control papers.
Likely citation manipulation. This could help sleuths find more of such papers.
* But be aware about ESL language issues.
#AIMOS2025
Likely citation manipulation. This could help sleuths find more of such papers.
* But be aware about ESL language issues.
#AIMOS2025
November 20, 2025 at 3:06 AM
AW: Set of papers where the discussion sounded like a second introduction (background information) with many new references, much more than other control papers.
Likely citation manipulation. This could help sleuths find more of such papers.
* But be aware about ESL language issues.
#AIMOS2025
Likely citation manipulation. This could help sleuths find more of such papers.
* But be aware about ESL language issues.
#AIMOS2025
2. Annie Whamond @anniewham.bsky.social - Analysing discussion text and references of paper mill articles in high-impact factor cancer journals.
Not all paper mill articles are easy to recognize; they are published in medium/high IF journals, authors are related to t the topic.
#AIMOS2025
Not all paper mill articles are easy to recognize; they are published in medium/high IF journals, authors are related to t the topic.
#AIMOS2025
November 20, 2025 at 2:53 AM
2. Annie Whamond @anniewham.bsky.social - Analysing discussion text and references of paper mill articles in high-impact factor cancer journals.
Not all paper mill articles are easy to recognize; they are published in medium/high IF journals, authors are related to t the topic.
#AIMOS2025
Not all paper mill articles are easy to recognize; they are published in medium/high IF journals, authors are related to t the topic.
#AIMOS2025
1. James Heathers, @jamesheathers.bsky.social with: The evolving field of forensic metascience:
ForMet: Modify trust by evaluating research accuracy of scientific documents by tools. It is not designed to find fraud.
A lot of science is bad/wrong.
#AIMOS2025
ForMet: Modify trust by evaluating research accuracy of scientific documents by tools. It is not designed to find fraud.
A lot of science is bad/wrong.
#AIMOS2025
November 20, 2025 at 2:40 AM
1. James Heathers, @jamesheathers.bsky.social with: The evolving field of forensic metascience:
ForMet: Modify trust by evaluating research accuracy of scientific documents by tools. It is not designed to find fraud.
A lot of science is bad/wrong.
#AIMOS2025
ForMet: Modify trust by evaluating research accuracy of scientific documents by tools. It is not designed to find fraud.
A lot of science is bad/wrong.
#AIMOS2025
After lunch, we continue with 'Mini-notes 3' in the plenary room.
Topic/Title = Integrity
Speaker/Chair = Jason Chin
#AIMOS2025
Topic/Title = Integrity
Speaker/Chair = Jason Chin
#AIMOS2025
November 20, 2025 at 2:33 AM
After lunch, we continue with 'Mini-notes 3' in the plenary room.
Topic/Title = Integrity
Speaker/Chair = Jason Chin
#AIMOS2025
Topic/Title = Integrity
Speaker/Chair = Jason Chin
#AIMOS2025