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Från: LIBLICENSE <liblicense(a)gmail.com>
Date: fre 25 okt. 2024 kl 21:10
Subject: Scitility’s tool ‘Argos’ identifies work whose authors have a
record of misconduct
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From: Ann Shumelda Okerson <aokerson(a)gmail.com <asokerson(a)gmail.com>>
Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2024 00:20:05 -0400
*Journals with high rates of suspicious papers flagged by science-integrity
start-up*
22 October 2024
By Richard Van Noorden
The science-integrity website Argos <https://www.scitility.com/argos>,
which was launched in September by Scitility, a technology firm
headquartered in Sparks, Nevada, gives papers a risk score on the basis of
their authors’ publication records, and on whether the paper heavily cites
already-retracted research. A paper categorized as ‘high risk’ might have
multiple authors whose other studies have been retracted for reasons
related to misconduct, for example. Having a high score doesn’t prove that
a paper is low quality, but suggests that it is worth investigating.
The papers that most heavily cite retracted studies
<https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-02719-5>
Argos is one of a growing number of research-integrity tools that look for
red flags in papers. These include the Papermill Alarm
<https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-03464-x>, made by Clear Skies,
and Signals, by Research Signals, both London-based firms. Because creators
of such software sell their manuscript-screening tools to publishers, they
are generally reluctant to name affected journals. But Argos, which is
offering free accounts to individuals and fuller access to
science-integrity sleuths and journalists, is the first to show public
insights.
Full article here:
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-03427-w
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Jan Szczepański
F.d Förste bibliotekarie och chef för f.d Avdelningen för humaniora,
vid f.d. Centralbiblioteket, Göteborgs universitetsbibliotek
E-post: Jan.Szczepanski63(a)gmail.com