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Corrupt editor & #papermill #fraud Guilherme L Dotto, Federal University of Santa Maria, lost a paper because he edited his own paper! @ElsevierConnect took more than 1 year to retract this BS! Published in the paper mill infected Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering doi.org/10.1016/j.je...
December 12, 2025 at 6:37 AM
The legendary Dysdera arabisenen strikes again! One more retraction for Eliezer Masliah! He has built an entire career/got rich thanks to his bogus data! When will institutes & publishers learn? Fraud pays off, it's too easy. 👇
@retractionwatch.com @mumumouse2.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1186/1471...
December 11, 2025 at 8:08 PM
One of the authors reviewed his/her own paper👇But why does
@elsevierconnect.bsky.social not mention the name of the #fraud??? Now all authors are suspicious!
t.co/EhPRQ6feR8
December 11, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Well well, UMT celebrates two of the biggest Malaysian #papermill frauds out there: Lam Su Shiung and Meisam Tabatabaei! These two frauds publish nothing but paper mill #fraud. They are not 'top 10 most influential' they are among the 'the biggest frauds' in Malaysia.
December 9, 2025 at 6:00 PM
This AI generated piece of crap published only roughly 3 weeks ago has already been retracted! As long as enough media pays attention to it, retractions can go fast.... Go figure! A lot still to be retracted by @springernature.com, for sure in Scientific Reports
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
December 7, 2025 at 11:13 AM
The #papermill #fraud and #corrupt #editor Jörg Rinklebe from the Wuppertal University got his second retraction! Will the Wuppertal university finally admit he is a fraud? Or will they again clear him as being a top professor? He has hundreds of fake papers published!
doi.org/10.1016/j.ec...
December 3, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Another retraction for #papermill #fraud Arivalagan Pugazhendi! This fraud has published nothing but paper mill crap! Finally some journals are retracting his crap. He is on his way to the @retractionwatch.com leaderboard!
December 3, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Article from @manuelansede.bsky.social in @elpais.com about the fraudulent journal Science of the Total Environment from @elsevierconnect.bsky.social and how corrupt editor Damia Barcelo & his goons destroyed the journal #publishing #fraud
english.elpais.com/science-tech...
The fall of a prolific science journal exposes the billion-dollar profits of scientific publishing
One of the 15 publications that put out the most studies globally has been expelled from the indexing system for irregularities. Its publisher, Elsevier, has a 38% profit margin that reached $1.5 bill...
english.elpais.com
November 30, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Gaming the metrics: bibliometric anomalies in global university rankings and the research integrity risk index (RI2)👇Published in the
@springernature.com journal #scientometrics. Read all about it here:
doi.org/10.1007/s111...
Gaming the metrics: bibliometric anomalies in global university rankings and the research integrity risk index (RI2) - Scientometrics
The expansion of university rankings has intensified competition among institutions and reshaped research priorities worldwide. Bibliometric indicators underpin many of these rankings, and their growi...
doi.org
November 23, 2025 at 5:38 PM
It happened again, @tkes.bsky.social strikes again! The #papermill #fraud Victor Sunday Aigbodion is having a bad day at the office with all his retractions! A few more to enter the @retractionwatch.com leaderboard!
November 21, 2025 at 7:09 PM
🤣🤣Is this a joke?? The EIC has become aware of concerns?? The EIC is the last author of the paper!!
@springernature.com this is getting funnier by the day
November 19, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Fraud at it again! the World Green Chemistry & Environmental Engineering Summit (WGCEES-2026) hosted by 2 major frauds: Damia Barcelo and Jianmin Chen! Another one of those predatory/fake conferences full with #papermill #fraud

greenchemistry.scientificsummits.org#Speakers
World Green Chemistry & Environmental Engineering Summit (WGCEES-2026) | Scientific Summits
greenchemistry.scientificsummits.org
November 19, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Highly debated fake paper from Sabine Szunerits got retracted!
Will people finally realise what she was up to? #papermill #fraud
doi.org/10.3390/path...
November 19, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Major news: the highly corrupt
@elsevierconnect.bsky.social journal STOTEN finally lost its IF!! The journal was under the hands of the corrupt editor & #papermill #fraud Damia Barcelo. Will Elsevier finally retract all the shit it published?
Clarivate finally delisted this corrupt journal.
November 17, 2025 at 7:22 PM
The last author of this paper, Mohammad Abdollahi
Tehran University of Medical Sciences, who has 13 (!!) retractions used to be a member of C0PE! Go figure. No wonder COPE has become a joke when it comes to ethics in publishing! Will @springernature.com act and do something about this insane paper?
November 17, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Disgruntled authors,with at least 1 retraction, attacking pubpeer👇 Their statements are also wrong. How did @springernature.com let this pass as it is? Does the terminology ring a bell? @elisabethbik.bsky.social @smutclyde.bsky.social @deevybee.bsky.social
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
An expert criticism on post-publication peer review platforms: the case of pubpeer - DARU Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences
While traditional peer review offers advantages in academic publishing, it is often hampered by significant weaknesses, leading to frustration among many authors. Scientific discoveries after publicat...
link.springer.com
November 15, 2025 at 5:02 PM
It happened again, @tkes.bsky.social strikes again! Another retraction for professional #papermill #fraud Victor Sunday Aigbodion. How long till he ends up in the @retractionwatch.com leaderboard?
November 15, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Big news on #papermill #fraud Christian Sonne from @aarhusuniint.bsky.social! He got his second retraction. Despite C. Sonne being a total fraud his university supports him completely in his paper mill antics! Universities are the reason these frauds continue and start! Aarhus university loves fraud
November 13, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Another retraction for Kuan Shiong Khoo, nr. 8!. He was a PhD student under the legendary #papermill #fraud Pau Loke Show (18 retractions already). Kuan Shiong Khoo continues his fraud at the uan Ze Univ in Taiwan. The @uniofnottingham.bsky.social doesn't care about the #fraud.
November 10, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Adrian Covaci from. @uantwerpen.be turns @elsevierconnect.bsky.social journals into #papermill safe havens! He did it with STOTEN and now he does it with Environment International! Here he seems to have edited his own paper! A new low?
November 4, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Retraction nr 28 (!!!) for #papermill #fraud Hitler Louis! He has published nothing but paper mill crap! When oh when will publishers learn? Hitler Louis on his way to enter the
@retractionwatch.com leaderboard?
October 21, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Something does not add up! Can you spot it? Published in Discover Plants, a journal used by #papermill authors 👇
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
October 18, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Something tells me @tkes.bsky.social isn't going to get invited by Victor Sunday Aigbodion for sunday roast! Another retraction for #papermill #fraud Victor Sunday Aigbodion!
October 14, 2025 at 8:55 PM
It happened again! @tkes.bsky.social strikes again! One more retraction for #papermill #fraud Victor Sunday Aigbodion from the University of Nigeria Nsukka
October 13, 2025 at 11:45 AM