Written by Weishi MengOctober 6, 2016October 14, 2016

First Amendment Abuse: Time to Sue Post Publication Reviewers for False Accusations

On Tuesday October 4 at 10AM, a Michigan Court in Detroit conducted a hearing on case 326691 “Fazlul Sarkar vs John Doe”. As you may recall from our coverage at Science Transparency, Prof. Sarkar is a scientist anonymously accused of misconduct through a blog named PubPeer. Whether his data is valid or invalid is something we are […]

Written by Weishi MengOctober 26, 2014April 15, 2015

Aberrant Post Publication Peer Review at Retraction Watch and PubPeer

While most scientists were skeptical from the start, some science writers heralded the self-published blog Retraction Watch as a beacon for scientific transparency. They were wrong. Without any solid standards for scientific critique, the blog degenerated in no time into a grisly predator of scientific misfortune. As the saying goes, the road to hell is […]

Ariel Fernandez Science and Context

Restoring a healthy NIH research environment for scientific pursuit.

Category: PubPeer lawsuit

First Amendment Abuse: Time to Sue Post Publication Reviewers for False Accusations

Aberrant Post Publication Peer Review at Retraction Watch and PubPeer