Ett växande problem som kräver uppmärksamhet Jan ---------- Forwarded message --------- Från: LIBLICENSE &lt;liblicense(a)gmail.com&gt; Date: fre 25 okt. 2024 kl 21:10 Subject: Scitility’s tool ‘Argos’ identifies work whose authors have a record of misconduct To: &lt;LIBLICENSE-L(a)listserv.crl.edu&gt; From: Ann Shumelda Okerson &lt;aokerson(a)gmail.com &lt;asokerson(a)gmail.com&gt;&gt; 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 A paper categorized as ‘high risk’ might have multiple authors whose other studies have been retracted for reasons related to misconduct, for example.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 -- 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