107 cancer papers retracted due to peer review fraud

[MTLynn]

big money leads to big fraud


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The journal Tumor Biology is retracting 107 research papers after discovering that the authors faked the peer review process. This isn’t the journal’s first rodeo. Late last year, 58 papers were retracted from seven different journals— 25 came from Tumor Biology for the same reason.

 

[RaiderDawg78]

big money leads to big fraud


excerpt:

The journal Tumor Biology is retracting 107 research papers after discovering that the authors faked the peer review process. This isn’t the journal’s first rodeo. Late last year, 58 papers were retracted from seven different journals— 25 came from Tumor Biology for the same reason.

This is a real problem, but it's not about"big money", it's about a job.

Most research faculty are required to publish x number of papers to get a grant. Grants are required to fund your research and keep your job.

No pubs=no grants=fired professor or a salary reduced by 70-80% in one year.

in the 1990s, about 20% of grant applications to NIH were funded. In the Obama era, the line was down to ~6%. Trump's budget will cut the funding line under 2%.

People get desperate when they are going to lose their jobs. If we don't increase the NIH budget, this will continue to happen. Not condoning it, but that's the driving force behind this.