The Metascience Observatory

@MetascienceObs

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Read about our new forensic metascience work at forensicmetascience.org

Founder and Director: @moreisdifferent.

Boston, MA metascienceobservatory.org Joined February 2021

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The Metascience Observatory @MetascienceObs Sep 8

We ran our image duplication detection system on 1,000 papers. The papers 1. have one author who has a retraction according to @RetractionWatch, 2. are not retracted, and 3. have no image-related @PubPeer comments. We use AI to screen findings & suppress false positives... (1/3)

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The Metascience Observatory @MetascienceObs 9h

Scientific Reports has been delisted from PubMed!

We recently found serious issues in eight papers published in Scientific Reports. We are in the process of notifying authors to get their input and will be publishing a writeup most likely in a few weeks. youtube.com/watch?v=HXcrOk…

www.youtube.com The World's Biggest Scientific Journal Suspended From PubMed: What Went Wrong? Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/SholtoDavidFollow...

The Metascience Observatory @MetascienceObs 3d

PSA if you are a researcher in the social sciences -- apply to attend @I4Replication's Replication Games -- they are being held in three cities this year!!

I4R @I4Replication 4d

We are hosting 3 Replication Games in France on December 8th and 10th, 2026. Cities: Toulouse, Poitiers and Montpellier. Social science articles will be reproduced! Registration links on the posters and below.

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The Metascience Observatory @MetascienceObs 6d

curcumin is one of the most notorius pan-assay interference compounds, a fact many researchers seem to turn their eyes away from

Sholto David @addictedtoigno1 6d

Another epic curcumin fraud, this time based in Germany. I would like to propose that curcumin should be studied as a potential cause of scientific misconduct. Is there something in the spice?

forbetterscience.com/2026/11/03/spi…

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The Metascience Observatory @MetascienceObs 6d

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John Symons Verified account @johnfsymons 6d

Paper rejected. Two reports. The AI written referee report was excellent, the human written one caught the missing references to their work.
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