We are the Amaral Lab at @NorthwesternU. We Study Complex Systems, Science of Science, and Systems Biology.
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Researchers at Endeavor Health and Northwestern University have created an artificial intelligence-based tool to help doctors recognize an underdiagnosed, often fatal respiratory syndrome found in critically ill hospital patients.
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A study identifies the footprint of entities cooperating to produce scientific fraud at scale, including paper mills and brokers. The number of fraudulent publications is growing far faster than legitimate publications. In PNAS: ow.ly/CHkM50WBuLX
ALT Publication interactions among individuals flagged for retractions and/or PubPeer comments at PLOS ONE. Every individual is shown as a circle whose size is proportional to the number of accepted articles that they handled as editor (range of 1 to 852 articles).
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Straight from this paper: doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2417688…
Scientists Develop Approach to Accurately Predict Pneumonia Outcomes - Machine-learning approach using health records identifies five pneumonia ‘states’ with predictable prognoses.
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‘Patent mills’ sell scientists inventorship of bizarre medical devices - crazier and crazier - via @cathleenogrady | Science | AAAS science.org/content/article/…
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"@ScienceMagazine and Retraction Watch’s investigation suggests authors, journals, and institutions all benefit from the scheme, which floods the literature with poor-quality publications and casts doubt on metrics of scholarly output and impact." science.org/content/article/…
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Often find myself thinking of this great paper by @AmaralLab back in 2018 on why most of the genome is ignored
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And came across this gem from last year on 'unknowmics' by Sean Munro @CellBiol_MRCLMB
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Congratulations to Reese Richardson on his successful PhD defense. For a youngster 😛 he’s already had a huge impact on research integrity. 🥂
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Y'day I said that 'Cureus ‘academic channels’ appear purpose-built to be abused by papermills'. Today, Reese Richardson and @AmaralLab report that a papermill published 131 papers in its own Cureus channel from Feb 23 to Sep 24.
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"It appears the term ‘paper mill’ may fail to fully capture the diversity and scale of activities overseen by these hydra-like conglomerates." Important and, frankly, scary post by Reese Richardson et al. from @AmaralLab retractionwatch.com/2024/10/…
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Widespread signs of paper milling discovered in materials science and engineering papers | News | Chemistry World chemistryworld.com/news/wide…
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🗞️ Just out: ‘The papers that most heavily cite retracted studies’ by @MiryamNaddaf @Richvn nature.com/articles/d41586-0…, a companion paper to my Comment: ‘Chain retraction: how to stop bad science propagating through the literature’ nature.com/articles/d41586-0… feat. PPS Feet of Clay.
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1 in 4 misreport scanning electron microscope, another 1 in 5 don't bother reporting on instrumentation. Fraud and incompetence threaten science -->
Exclusive: Thousands of papers misidentify microscopes, in possible sign of misconduct – Retraction Watch retractionwatch.com/2024/08/…
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Exclusive: Thousands of papers misidentify microscopes, in possible sign of misconduct retractionwatch.com/2024/08/…
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SCOOP: Thousands of published studies misidentify which microscopes were used in experiments — my latest for @RetractionWatch 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼
@nickwizzo, @AngusJWilkinson, @AmaralLab
Exclusive: Thousands of papers misidentify microscopes, in possible sign of misconduct retractionwatch.com/2024/08/…
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'50 citations for $300': Research-integrity watchers are concerned about the growing ways in which scientists can fake or manipulate citation counts — my latest for @Nature: nature.com/articles/d41586-0…
@talalrahwan, @YasirZaki82, @manuelansede, @gcabanac, @nickwizzo
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Our paper just got covered by @Nature. We went under cover and contacted a "citation boosting" service. We managed to buy citations that appeared in a Scopus-indexed journal, providing conclusive evidence that citations can be bought in bulk!! nature.com/articles/d41586-0…
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Luck, skill, and inequality inform the results of head-to-head competitions. Max Jerdee, from the @UMich, speaks today at SFI on modeling the depths of paired competitions to better understand hierarchy and the opportunities for underdogs to come out on top.
Stream live at 12:30 p.m. MT: youtube.com/@SFIScience/stre…
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Researcher creates fake profile for pet to expose flaws in Google Scholar website that allow scientists to fraudulently boost their credibility ⬇️ thetimes.com/uk/science/arti…
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It's terrible that it's so easy to fake citations that even a cat can get a double-digit h-index. But what can be done? In #ScienceAdviser, I ask the experts from @NewsfromScience piece on Larry: science.org/content/article/… (plus more of the best from @ScienceMagazine and science!)
ALT Larry’s response to becoming the world’s most highly cited cat: no comment. COURTESY OF REESE RICHARDSON
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Larry Richardson appeared to be an early-career mathematician with potential, racking up more than 130 citations in 4 years.
It would all be rather remarkable—if the studies weren’t complete gibberish. And Larry wasn’t a cat. scim.ag/7Sp